Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomes

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-50

  Hassanin, Alexandre ^a   Delsuc, Frédéric ^b   Ropiquet, Anne ^c   Hammer, Catrin ^d   Jansen Van Vuuren, Bettine ^c   Matthee, Conrad ^c   Ruiz Garcia, Manuel ^e   Catzeflis, Franois ^b   Areskoug, Veronika ^f,g   Nguyen, Trung Thanh ^a   Couloux, Arnaud ^h  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d Stellenbosch University ^*  (Qatar)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^h CENTRE NATIONAL DE SÉQUENÇAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Cetartiodactyla; Cryptic species; Hybridization; Molecular systematics; MtDNA genome; Radiation; Ruminantia; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DIVERGENCE; DOLPHIN; GENOME; HETEROGENEITY; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MIOCENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OLIGOCENE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PIG; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PORPOISE; RUMINANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CAMEL; CETARTIODACTYLA; DNA SEQUENCE; DOLPHIN; EVOLUTION; GENOME; LAURASIATHERIA; MAMMAL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MIOCENE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLEISTOCENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORPOISE; SWINE; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WHALE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BUFFALOES; CAMELS; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOSSILS; GENOME; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRALIA;

ARTIODACTYLA; BALAENOPTERIDAE; BOVIDAE; CAMELIDAE; CERVIDAE; CETACEA; CETARTIODACTYLA; LAMA GLAMA; LAURASIATHERIA; MAMMALIA; PECORA; RUMINANTIA; SUIDAE; SUINA; TAYASSUIDAE; TYLOPODA;

EID: 84855612650     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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