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Molecular systemati...
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Rest, Joshua SUniversity of Michigan, Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Molecular systematics of primary reptilian lineages and the tuatara mitochondrial genome.
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:uu-208431
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We provide phylogenetic analyses for primary Reptilia lineages including, for the first time, Sphenodon punctatus (tuatara) using data from whole mitochondrial genomes. Our analyses firmly support a sister relationship between Sphenodon and Squamata, which includes lizards and snakes. Using Sphenodon as an outgroup for select squamates, we found evidence indicating a sister relationship, among our study taxa, between Serpentes (represented by Dinodon) and Varanidae. Our analyses support monophyly of Archosauria, and a sister relationship between turtles and archosaurs. This latter relationship is congruent with a growing set of morphological and molecular analyses placing turtles within crown Diapsida and recognizing them as secondarily anapsid (lacking a skull fenestration). Inclusion of Sphenodon, as the only surviving member of Sphenodontia (with fossils from the mid-Triassic), helps to fill a sampling gap within previous analyses of reptilian phylogeny. We also report a unique configuration for the mitochondrial genome of Sphenodon, including two tRNA(Lys) copies and an absence of ND5, tRNA(His), and tRNA(Thr) genes.
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Ast, Jennifer CUniversity of Michigan, Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology(Swepub:uu)jenas911
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Austin, Christopher C
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Waddell, Peter J
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Tibbetts, Elizabeth AUniversity of Michigan, Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Hay, Jennifer M
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Mindell, David PUniversity of Michigan, Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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Ingår i:Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution29:2, s. 289-971055-79031095-9513
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