This study analyzed 76 species of Carnivora using a concatenated sequence of 6243 bp
from six genes (nuclear TR-iI, TBG, and IRBP; mitochondrial ND2, CYTB, and 12S rRNA) …

Phylogenetic relationships among 20 species-group taxa of Mustelidae, representing
Mustelinae (Mustela, Martes, Gulo), Lutrinae (Enhydra), and Melinae (Meles), were …

The flora and fauna of Europe are linked by a common biogeographic history, most recently
the Pleistocene glaciations that restricted the range of most species to southern refugial …

The Mustelidae is a diverse family of carnivores which includes weasels, polecats, mink,
tayra, martens, otters, badgers and, according to some authors, skunks. Evolutionary …

IV). The divergence of the lineages of Mustela is likely to have taken place concurrently with
the radiations of the Martes. These divergence processes are attributable in part to the …

Missing data are commonly thought to impede a resolved or accurate reconstruction of
phylogenetic relationships, and probabilistic analysis techniques are increasingly viewed as …

To illuminate molecular phylogenetic relationships among Eurasian species of the genus
Mustela (Mustelidae, Carnivora), we determined nucleotide sequences of the complete …

Considerable long-standing controversy and confusion surround the phylogenetic affinities
of pinnipeds, the largely marine group of “fin-footed” members of the placental mammalian …

The Bering Land Bridge has served as a major corridor of interchange between the northern
continents for many organisms. We investigated the phylogeny of all extant species of …

The Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata) presumably differentiated from eastern rhesus
macaque (Macaca mulatta) populations during the Pleistocene and the two species are …