Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals

2001/02/01 by Ole Madsen, Mark Scally, Christophe J. Douady +8 · 518 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Biology #Clade #Ecology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Evolutionary biology #Gene #Genetic diversity and population structure #Genetics #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Insectivore #Monophyly #Paraphyly #Phylogenetic tree #Xenarthra #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1038/35054544

published in Nature 409(6820), 610-614 (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)

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