Novel 12S mtDNA findings in sloths (Pilosa, Folivora) and anteaters (Pilosa, Vermilingua) suggest a true case of long branch attraction

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 793-799

  Barros, Maria Claudene ^a   Sampaio, Iracilda ^b   Schneider, Horacio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anteaters; Molecular evolution; Mylodont; Sloths; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 12S; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTEATER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; LONG BRANCH ATTRACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; SLOTH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK;

BRADYPODIDAE; BRADYPUS TORQUATUS; CYCLOPIDAE; MYLODON; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE; SLOTHS; XENARTHRA;

EID: 55349123605     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572008000400029     Document Type: Article

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