Molecular phylogeny of the extinct Steller's sea cow and other Sirenia species based on their complete mitochondrial genomes

2018/10/22 by Fedor S. Sharko, Fedor Sharko, Sergey M. Rastorguev +10 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Identification and Quantification in Food #Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies #Marine animal studies overview

paper · doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.10.012

Citations

• Interordinal gene capture, the phylogenetic position of Steller’s sea cow based on molecular and morphological data, and the macroevolutionary history of Sirenia

Discussions

• Scientists sequenced the mitochondrial genome of the extinct Steller’s Sea Cow from a museum bone, reconstructing its evolutionary history centuries after it went extinct. Data show it was most closel [bsky, 13 points, 1 comments]