Mitochondrial DNA as a tool for reconstructing past life-history traits in mammals

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 899-910

  Figuet, E ^a   Romiguier, J ^a   Dutheil, J Y ^a,b   Galtier, N ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ancestral life history traits; Cetartiodactyla; Continuous character evolution method; Cope's rule; dN dS rate ratio; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GENOMICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEXUAL MATURITY; UNGULATE;

ANIMALIA; CETARTIODACTYLA; MAMMALIA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84899653351     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12361     Document Type: Article

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