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Analysis of Canis mitochondrial DNA demonstrates high concordance between the control region and ATPase genes.
BMC evolutionary biology - 16 Jul 2010
Rutledge Linda Y, Patterson Brent R, White Bradley N
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BACKGROUND: Phylogenetic studies of wild Canis species have relied heavily on the mitochondrial DNA control region (mtDNA CR) to infer species relationships and evolutionary lineages. Previous analyses of the CR provided evidence for a North American evolved eastern wolf (C. lycaon), that is more closely related to red wolves (C. rufus) and coyotes (C. latrans) than grey wolves (C. lupus). Eastern wolf origins,...
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