A genomic approach to examine the complex evolution of laurasiatherian mammals.

Recent phylogenomic studies have failed to conclusively resolve certain branches of the placental mammalian tree, despite the evolutionary analysis of genomic data from 32 species. Previous analyses of single genes and retroposon insertion data yielded support for different phylogenetic scenarios fo...

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Main Authors: Björn M Hallström, Adrian Schneider, Stefan Zoller, Axel Janke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22164244/?tool=EBI