Molecular phylogenetics unveils the ancient evolutionary origins of the enigmatic fairy armadillos

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 673-680

  Delsuc, Frédéric ^a   Superina, Mariella ^b   Tilak, Marie Ka ^a   Douzery, Emmanuel J P ^a   Hassanin, Alexandre ^c  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Conservation; Molecular dating; Molecular systematics; Taxonomy; Xenarthra

Indexed keywords

REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; EXON; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ARMADILLOS; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; EXONS; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AMERICA; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

ARMADILLO; CHLAMYPHORINAE; CHLAMYPHORUS; CHLAMYPHORUS TRUNCATUS; DASYPODIDAE; EDENTATA; MAMMALIA; MYA; XENARTHRA;

EID: 84855198677     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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