Carnivora: The primary structure of the major hemoglobin component from adult European lynx (Lynx lynx, Felidae)

Ahmed, Aftab; Jahan, Meeno; Braunitzer, Gerhard

doi:10.1007/bf01025090

“…Insufficient information in the paper as to the data source underlying the source trees (for example, [100-105]).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Updating the evolutionary history of Carnivora (Mammalia): a new species-level supertree complete with divergence time estimates

Nyakatura

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,

2012

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Background: Although it has proven to be an important foundation for investigations of carnivoran ecology, biology and evolution, the complete species-level supertree for Carnivora of Bininda-Emonds et al. is showing its age. Additional, largely molecular sequence data are now available for many species and the advancement of computer technology means that many of the limitations of the original analysis can now be avoided. We therefore sought to provide an updated estimate of the phylogenetic relationships within all extant Carnivora, again using supertree analysis to be able to analyze as much of the global phylogenetic database for the group as possible.

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Building large trees by combining phylogenetic information: a complete phylogeny of the extant Carnivora (Mammalia)

Bininda‐Emonds

¹

,

Gittleman

²

,

Purvis

³

1999

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One way to build larger, more comprehensive phylogenies is to combine the vast amount of phylogenetic information already available. We review the two main strategies for accomplishing this (combining raw data versus combining trees), but employ a relatively new variant of the latter : supertree construction. The utility of one supertree technique, matrix representation using parsimony analysis (MRP), is demonstrated by deriving a complete phylogeny for all 271 extant species of the Carnivora from 177 literature sources. Beyond providing a ' consensus ' estimate of carnivore phylogeny, the tree also indicates taxa for which the relationships remain controversial (e.g. the red panda ; within canids, felids, and hyaenids) or have not been studied in any great detail (e.g. herpestids, viverrids, and intrageneric relationships in the procyonids). Times of divergence throughout the tree were also estimated from 74 literature sources based on both fossil and molecular data. We use the phylogeny to show that some lineages within the Mustelinae and Canidae contain significantly more species than expected for their age, illustrating the tree's utility for studies of macroevolution. It will also provide a useful foundation for comparative and conservational studies involving the carnivores.

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Building large trees by combining phylogenetic information: a complete phylogeny of the extant Carnivora (Mammalia)

Bininda‐Emonds

¹

,

Gittleman

²

,

Purvis³

1999

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One way to build larger, more comprehensive phylogenies is to combine the vast amount of phylogenetic information already available. We review the two main strategies for accomplishing this (combining raw data versus combining trees), but employ a relatively new variant of the latter : supertree construction. The utility of one supertree technique, matrix representation using parsimony analysis (MRP), is demonstrated by deriving a complete phylogeny for all 271 extant species of the Carnivora from 177 literature sources. Beyond providing a ' consensus ' estimate of carnivore phylogeny, the tree also indicates taxa for which the relationships remain controversial (e.g. the red panda ; within canids, felids, and hyaenids) or have not been studied in any great detail (e.g. herpestids, viverrids, and intrageneric relationships in the procyonids). Times of divergence throughout the tree were also estimated from 74 literature sources based on both fossil and molecular data. We use the phylogeny to show that some lineages within the Mustelinae and Canidae contain significantly more species than expected for their age, illustrating the tree's utility for studies of macroevolution. It will also provide a useful foundation for comparative and conservational studies involving the carnivores.

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Carnivora: The primary structure of the major hemoglobin component from adult European lynx (Lynx lynx, Felidae)

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Updating the evolutionary history of Carnivora (Mammalia): a new species-level supertree complete with divergence time estimates

Updating the evolutionary history of Carnivora (Mammalia): a new species-level supertree complete with divergence time estimates

Building large trees by combining phylogenetic information: a complete phylogeny of the extant Carnivora (Mammalia)

Building large trees by combining phylogenetic information: a complete phylogeny of the extant Carnivora (Mammalia)

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