Article
Molecular phylogeny of the African pygmy mice, subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus): implications for chromosomal evolution.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 2005
Veyrunes Frédéric, Britton-Davidian Janice, Robinson Terence J, Calvet Elisabeth, Denys Christiane, Chevret Pascale
Abstract excerpt
Molecular phylogenies based on sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome b and nuclear IRBP genes are assessed on a comprehensive taxonomic sampling of African pygmy mice (subgenus Nannomys of the genus Mus). They represent a taxonomically diversified group of morphologically similar species, and exhibit an important chromosomal diversity, particularly involving sex-autosome translocations, one of the rarest and most...
Topics
- Africa
- Animals
- Bayes Theorem
- Chromosomes, Mammalian
- Cytochromes b
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
