Genomic evidence for large, long-lived ancestors to placental mammals

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-13

  Romiguier, J ^a   Ranwez, V ^a,b   Douzery, E J P ^a   Galtier, N ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UMR AGAP   (France)

Author keywords

dN dS ratio; fossils; GC biased gene conversion; GC content; phylogeny; placentalia

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; GLYCINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARNIVORE; CETARTIODACTYLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ANIMAL; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PRIMATE; SHREW; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOSSILS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; MUS; PRIMATES; SORICIDAE;

EID: 84871839565     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mss211     Document Type: Article

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