Molecular systematics: Perfect SINEs of evolutionary history?

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Michael M. Miyamoto

چکیده

Short interspersed repetitive elements - SINEs - are being championed as near-perfect phylogenetic characters; they have recently been used with notable success to resolve some phylogenetic conundrums, but they do have certain limitations that restrict their use as 'perfect' characters for molecular systematics.

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