Ultraconserved elements are novel phylogenomic markers that resolve placental mammal phylogeny when combined with species-tree analysis

Genome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 746-754

  McCormack, John E ^a   Faircloth, Brant C ^b   Crawford, Nicholas G ^c   Gowaty, Patricia Adair ^b,d   Brumfield, Robb T ^a   Glenn, Travis C ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARMADILLO; ARTICLE; BAT; CARNIVORA; COW; DOG; ELEPHANT; GENE LOCUS; HORSE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PANDALIDAE; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOTH; TAXONOMY; ULTRACONSERVED ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; MAMMALS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFROTHERIA; AMNIOTA; CARNIVORA; CETARTIODACTYLA; CHIROPTERA; ELEPHANTIDAE; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; PERISSODACTYLA; TENRECIDAE;

EID: 84859530730     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.125864.111     Document Type: Article

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