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Evolutionary history of the most speciose mammals: molecular phylogeny of muroid rodents.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Nov 2001
Michaux J, Reyes A, Catzeflis F
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Phylogenetic relationships between 32 species of rodents representing 14 subfamilies of Muridae and four subfamilies of Dipodidae were studied using sequences of the nuclear protein-coding genes Lecithin Cholesterol Acyl Transferase (LCAT) and von Willebrand Factor (vWF). An examination of some evolutionary properties of each data matrix indicates that the two genes are rather complementary, with lower rates of...
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