However, a fourth molecular study on shorebirds [ 30 ] based on both mitochondrial rRNA and three different nuclear loci (beta-fibrinogen intron 7, GAPDH intron 3-5, and ADH intron 5) yielded a third possible topology, a grouping of terns and skimmers, which had full support for MP analyses and near-significant support from ML analyses (87%).
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