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A phylogeny of the genus Oenanthe, constructed using an integrated approach (with regard to characters of external morphology, behavioral ecology, and signal behavior), is compared with three phylogenetic hypotheses based on molecular data. Consideration is given to the problems arising in studies on molecular phylogeny where mtDNA is used as the only marker. Special emphasis is made on the negative consequences for zoological nomenclature that may result from its untimely modification based on the results that need further verification by more adequate research procedures.
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Original Russian Text © E.N. Panov, 2011, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2011, No. 4, pp. 470–482.
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Panov, E.N. Comparative ethology and molecular genetics as tools for phylogenetic reconstructions: The example of the genus Oenanthe . Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 38, 809–820 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106235901108005X
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