Molecular phylogeny and morphological homoplasy in fruitbats
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Molecular phylogeny and morphological homoplasy in fruitbats.
The present study evaluates the evolutionary framework of the Old World fruitbats based on the cytochrome b and 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene sequences from a wide range of taxa. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that morphology-based subfamilies and most suprageneric groups are nonnatural assemblages. They also support the existence of an endemic African clade of fruitbats. The discrepancy between...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Biology and Evolution
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0737-4038,1537-1719
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026195