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Resolving the evolution of extant and extinct ruminants with high-throughput phylogenomics.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 3 Nov 2009
Decker Jared E, Pires J Chris, Conant Gavin C, McKay Stephanie D, Heaton Michael P, Chen Kefei, Cooper Alan, Vilkki Johanna, Seabury Christopher M, Caetano Alexandre R, Johnson Gary S, Brenneman Rick A, Hanotte Olivier, Eggert Lori S, Wiener Pamela, Kim Jong-Joo, Kim Kwan Suk, Sonstegard Tad S, Van Tassell Curt P, Neibergs Holly L, McEwan John C, Brauning Rudiger, Coutinho Luiz L, Babar Masroor E, Wilson Gregory A, McClure Matthew C, Rolf Megan M, Kim Jaewoo, Schnabel Robert D, Taylor Jeremy F
Abstract excerpt
The Pecorans (higher ruminants) are believed to have rapidly speciated in the Mid-Eocene, resulting in five distinct extant families: Antilocapridae, Giraffidae, Moschidae, Cervidae, and Bovidae. Due to the rapid radiation, the Pecoran phylogeny has proven difficult to resolve, and 11 of the 15 possible rooted phylogenies describing ancestral relationships among the Antilocapridae, Giraffidae, Cervidae, and...
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