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Genetic analysis of evolutionary relationships among deer (subfamily Cervinae).
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Emerson B C, Tate M L
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary relationships among 10 taxa of deer from the four genera of the subfamily Cervinae (Cervus, Elaphurus, Axis, and Dama) were examined by a comparison of their electrophoretic types for 22 proteins. We analyzed the data using both phenetic and cladistic methods and found that the genera of the Cervinae were not monophyletic. The genus Cervus was split into two distinct groups with red deer, wapiti...
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