Response to comment on "Nuclear genomic sequences reveal that polar bears are an old and distinct bear lineage"

• Nakagome et al. reanalyzed some of our data and assert that we cannot refute the mitochondrial DNA-based scenario for polar bear evolution. Their single-locus test statistic is strongly affected by introgression and incomplete lineage sorting, whereas our multilocus approaches are better suited to recover the true species relationships. Indeed, our sister-lineage model receives high support in a Bayesian model comparison.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Evolutionsbiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Evolutionary Biology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

mitochondrial DNA

allele

Bayes theorem

DNA sequence

evolution

gene locus

gene sequence

nonhuman

note

polar bear

priority journal

animal

bear

genetics

genome

multilocus sequence typing

Ursus maritimus

Animals

Biological Evolution

Ursidae

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