Phylogeny of the Procyonidae (Mammalia: Carnivora): molecules, morphology and the Great American Interchange.

doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.003

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Phylogeny of the Procyonidae (Mammalia: Carnivora): molecules, morphology and the Great American Interchange.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jun 2007

Koepfli Klaus-Peter, Gompper Matthew E, Eizirik Eduardo, Ho Cheuk-Chung, Linden Leif, Maldonado Jesus E, Wayne Robert K

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The Procyonidae (Mammalia: Carnivora) have played a central role in resolving the controversial systematics of the giant and red pandas, but phylogenetic relationships of species within the family itself have received much less attention. Cladistic analyses of morphological characters conducted during the last two decades have resulted in topologies that group ecologically and morphologically similar taxa...

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Animals
Cell Nucleus
Evolution, Molecular
Genes, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Procyonidae
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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PMID: 17174109
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.003

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