The comparative serology of marsupialia, and a classification of marsupials

Kirsch, Jaw

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“…Analyses of allozymes [15] and mitochondrial 12/16SrRNA+tRNA-valine sequences [16], [17] favoured Macropus monophyly, to the exclusion of W. bicolor . Meanwhile, serology [18], microcomplement fixation [19] and DNA-DNA hybridization [20] tended to favour W. bicolor falling within Macropus , albeit often in different positions. Mitochondrial (mt) Cytb and nuclear Selenocysteine tRNA [21] did not clearly resolve affinities between the subgenera, while Protamine P1 [22] favoured grouping W. bicolor with M. rufogriseus , leaving not only Macropus , but also M. (Notamacropus) paraphyletic.…”

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Inferring Kangaroo Phylogeny from Incongruent Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes

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The marsupial genus Macropus includes three subgenera, the familiar large grazing kangaroos and wallaroos of M. (Macropus) and M. (Osphranter), as well as the smaller mixed grazing/browsing wallabies of M. (Notamacropus). A recent study of five concatenated nuclear genes recommended subsuming the predominantly browsing Wallabia bicolor (swamp wallaby) into Macropus. To further examine this proposal we sequenced partial mitochondrial genomes for kangaroos and wallabies. These sequences strongly favour the morphological placement of W. bicolor as sister to Macropus, although place M. irma (black-gloved wallaby) within M. (Osphranter) rather than as expected, with M. (Notamacropus). Species tree estimation from separately analysed mitochondrial and nuclear genes favours retaining Macropus and Wallabia as separate genera. A simulation study finds that incomplete lineage sorting among nuclear genes is a plausible explanation for incongruence with the mitochondrial placement of W. bicolor, while mitochondrial introgression from a wallaroo into M. irma is the deepest such event identified in marsupials. Similar such coalescent simulations for interpreting gene tree conflicts will increase in both relevance and statistical power as species-level phylogenetics enters the genomic age. Ecological considerations in turn, hint at a role for selection in accelerating the fixation of introgressed or incompletely sorted loci. More generally the inclusion of the mitochondrial sequences substantially enhanced phylogenetic resolution. However, we caution that the evolutionary dynamics that enhance mitochondria as speciation indicators in the presence of incomplete lineage sorting may also render them especially susceptible to introgression.

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“…Both studies concentrated for the most part on craniodental anatomy and they were both based on hypothetical terminal taxa, where the characters deemed to be ancestral for families are those assigned to ''ancestral'' terminal taxa of that level ; see also S a anchez- Villagra, 2001a). Comprehensive biochemical studies using hybridization techniques started more than two decades ago (e.g., Kirsch, 1977) but molecular studies using discrete characters became available only recently (e.g., Burk et al, 1999;Retief et al, 1995;Springer et al, 1994Springer et al, , 1997. Since the molecular studies are based on terminal taxa at the level of species and only a few species have been included for most families, the morphological and molecular data sets are not ideally compatible.…”

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A morphological analysis of marsupial mammal higher‐level phylogenetic relationships

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Phylogenetic relationships among marsupial taxa have proven to be more complex than the simple grouping of species by continent. Recent marsupials are distributed across the New World, Australia, New Guinea, and certain neighboring islands. Morphological characteristics of various groups bridge different geographical areas. We investigated the origin of these characteristics by assembling a morphological data matrix consisting of a new suite of 149 postcranial characters and incorporated a series of previously published data on the craniodental (76 characters) and soft tissue (5 characters) anatomy. Twenty-one marsupial terminal taxa representing all the major radiations of marsupials and 10 outgroups, most of which are exceptionally well-preserved fossils such as Vincelestes, Ukhaatherium, and a few basal metatherian taxa, were investigated. A maximum parsimony analysis was conducted, resulting in one most parsimonious tree. Relationships among outgroups are congruent with current understanding of mammalian phylogeny. All currently accepted marsupial orders were recovered by the analysis. We confirmed previous results showing the South American ''monito del monte'' Dromiciops nested within the Australasian radiation. Within this australidelphian clade, Dromiciops was closely allied with the Diprotodontia. The South American paucituberculates appeared more closely related to the Australidelphia than to the American Didelphimorphia. The marsupial mole Notoryctes and the Peramelia were closely allied to each other and in turn were the sister group of the Dromiciops plus Diprotodontia clade. This pattern of relationships left Dasyuromorphia as the most basal offshoot of the Australidelphia. Whereas this tree topology recovers some signal that had been detected by previous studies, morphological and/or molecular, some novel hypotheses are also supported.

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“…Les autres semblent perdus. II n'existe aucun indice concernant la localite precise et la date de capture ni dans la description de l'espece, ni dans l'Historique du Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes (Peron et Freycinet 1807-1816 Kirsch (1968Kirsch ( , 1977, a partir d'etudes serologiques, montre que la famille des Phalangeridae definie 1'epoque peut en fait etre divisee en trois groupes, selon 1'affinite des genres entre eux : parmi les genres examines, il associe d'une part Trichosurus, Wyulda et Phalanger, d'autre part Pseudocheirus et Schoinobates (= Petauroides), alors que Petaurus est place dans une position relativement isolee. II eleve ainsi au rang de famille (Petauridae) la sous-famille des Petaurinae Gill, 1872, qui comprend -entre autres -les genres Petaurus, Pseudocheirus et Schoinobates (= Petauroides).…”

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“…Calaby et Richardson (1988 : 53) reprennent cette distinction en retenant les memes criteres, auxquels ils ajoutent la morphologic des dents. Ces deux families sont egalement bien separees par leurs caracteres serologiques (Kirsch 1968, 1977, Baverstock et al 1989) et chromosomiques (Sharman 1989 (Kirsch et Poole 1972. Peron (in Peron et Freycinet, 1807-1816[2 c ed., 1824) ecrit, ä propos du sejour sur « He des Kanguroos », que « nous n'y avons vu que trois especes de mammiferes : Tune appartient au joli genre des dasyures, les deux autres sont nouvelles et paroissent etre les plus grandes de la famille des kanguroos ».…”

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Catalogue Des Types De Marsupiaux (Marsupialia) Du Muséum National D’histoire Naturelle, Paris

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The comparative serology of marsupialia, and a classification of marsupials

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Inferring Kangaroo Phylogeny from Incongruent Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes

Inferring Kangaroo Phylogeny from Incongruent Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes

A morphological analysis of marsupial mammal higher‐level phylogenetic relationships

Catalogue Des Types De Marsupiaux (Marsupialia) Du Muséum National D’histoire Naturelle, Paris

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