Evaluating the Phylogenetic Position of Chinese Tree Shrew (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) Based on Complete Mitochondrial Genome: Implication for Using Tree Shrew as an Alternative Experimental Animal to Primates in Biomedical Research

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 131-137

  Xu, Ling ^a,b   Chen, Shi Yi ^c   Nie, Wen Hui ^a   Jiang, Xue Long ^a   Yao, Yong Gang ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Animal model; Chinese tree shrew; Flying lemur; MtDNA; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; DNA SEQUENCE; GALEOPTERUS VARIEGATUS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA BELANGERI CHINENSIS;

ANIMAL USE ALTERNATIVES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHINA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUPAIA;

ANIMALIA; CYNOCEPHALUS VARIEGATUS; DERMOPTERA; GLIRES; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; SCANDENTIA; TUPAIA BELANGERI; TUPAIA CHINENSIS; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 84862813792     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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