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Marsupial relationships and a timeline for marsupial radiation in South Gondwana.
Gene - 13 Oct 2004
Nilsson Maria A, Arnason Ulfur, Spencer Peter B S, Janke Axel
Abstract excerpt
Recent marsupials include about 280 species divided into 18 families and seven orders. Approximately 200 species live in Australia/New Guinea. The remaining species inhabit South America with some of these secondarily ranging into North America. In this study, we examine marsupial relationships and estimate their divergences times using complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes. The sampling, which includes nine new...
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