Rodent phylogeny revised: analysis of six nuclear genes from all major rodent clades

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Rodentia is the most diverse order of placental mammals, with extant rodent species representing about half of all placental diversity. In spite of many morphological and molecular studies, the family-level relationships among rodent...

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Main Authors: Pupko Tal, Penn Osnat, Miranda Hector, Blanga-Kanfi Shani, DeBry Ronald W, Huchon Dorothée
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-04-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/71