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Mitogenomics phylogenetic relationships of the current sloth's genera and species (Bradypodidae and Megalonychidae).
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Mar 2018
Ruiz-García Manuel, Chacón Diego, Plese Tinka, Schuler Ingrid, Shostell Joseph Mark
Abstract excerpt
We sequenced the complete mitogenome of 39 sloths (19 Bradypus variegatus, 4 B. tridactylus, 1 B. pygmaeus, 1 B. torquatus, 4 Choloepus didactylus, and 10 C. hoffmanni). A Bayesian tree (BI) indicated a temporal split between Bradypus and Choloepus around 31 million years ago (MYA, Oligocene) and the other major splits within each genera during the Miocene and Pliocene. A haplotype network (MJN) estimated a lower...
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