Article
Molecular systematics of the South American caviomorph rodents: relationships among species and genera in the family Octodontidae.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2003
Honeycutt Rodney L, Rowe Diane L, Gallardo Milton H
Abstract excerpt
Nucleotide sequences from mitochondrial (12S rRNA) and nuclear (growth hormone receptor) genes were used to investigate phylogenetic relationships among South American hystricognath rodents of the superfamily Octodontoidea, with special emphasis on the family Octodontidae. Relationships among most taxa were well resolved by a combined analysis of both genes, and the molecular phylogeny was used to address several...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Environment
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Likelihood Functions
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal
- Receptors, Somatotropin
- Rodentia