Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul

Museomics of tree squirrels: a dense taxon sampling of mitogenomes reveals hidden diversity, phenotypic convergence, and the need of a taxonomic overhaul

Abstract Background Tree squirrels (Sciuridae, Sciurini), in particular the highly diverse Neotropical lineages, are amongst the most rapidly diversifying branches of the mammal tree of life but also some of the least known. Negligence of this group by systematists is likely a product of the difficu...

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Main Authors: Edson Fiedler de Abreu-Jr, Silvia E. Pavan, Mirian T. N. Tsuchiya, Don E. Wilson, Alexandre R. Percequillo, Jesús E. Maldonado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Historical DNA
Morphology
Neotropical region
Phylogeny
Sciuridae
Systematics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-020-01639-y

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