Gene tree discordance, phylogenetic inference and the multispecies coalescent

JH Degnan, NA Rosenberg - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2009 - cell.com
The field of phylogenetics is entering a new era in which trees of historical relationships
between species are increasingly inferred from multilocus and genomic data. A major …

African cichlid fishes: model systems for evolutionary biology

I Kornfield, PF Smith - Annual Review of Ecology and …, 2000 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Cichlid fishes (Perciformes: Teleostei) found in the lakes of Africa have served as
model systems for the study of evolution. The enormous number of species (1000 in Lake …

Phylogenetic Relationships and the Radiation of Sigmodontine Rodents in South America: Evidence from Cytochrome b

MF Smith, JL Patton - Journal of mammalian evolution, 1999 - Springer
Abstract Phylogenetic relationships among South American sigmodontine rodents were
examined based on the complete sequence for the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene [1140 …

Molecular phylogeny of the speciose vole genus Microtus (Arvicolinae, Rodentia) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

M Jaarola, N Martínková, İ Gündüz, C Brunhoff… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2004 - Elsevier
Voles of the genus Microtus represent one of the most speciose mammalian genera in the
Holarctic. We established a molecular phylogeny for Microtus to resolve contentious issues …

Phylogeography of field voles (Microtus agrestis) in Eurasia inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

M Jaarola, JB Searle - Molecular ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
In a distribution‐wide phylogeographic survey of the field vole (Microtus agrestis), 75
specimens from 56 localities across Eurasia were examined for DNA sequence variation …

Holarctic phylogeography of the root vole (Microtus oeconomus): implications for late Quaternary biogeography of high latitudes

C Brunhoff, KE Galbreath, VB Fedorov… - Molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A species‐wide phylogeographical study of the root vole (Microtus oeconomus) was
performed using the whole 1140 base pair mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome b gene. We …

From the Old World to the New World: a molecular chronicle of the phylogeny and biogeography of hystricognath rodents

D Huchon, EJP Douzery - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2001 - Elsevier
Hystricognath rodents include Old World Phiomorpha and New World Caviomorpha. These
two groups have an enigmatic biogeographical history. Using a nuclear marker, the exon 28 …

Diversification and biogeography of the Neotropical caviomorph lineage Octodontoidea (Rodentia: Hystricognathi)

NS Upham, BD Patterson - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2012 - Elsevier
The rodent superfamily Octodontoidea comprises 6 families, 38 genera, and 193 living
species of spiny rats, tuco-tucos, degus, hutias, and their relatives. All are endemic to the …

Diversification patterns and size evolution in caviomorph rodents

A Álvarez, RLM Arévalo, DH Verzi - Biological Journal of the …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Caviomorph rodents are one of the most diverse mammalian groups in the Neotropics; they
display astonishing eco-morphological variation, including unparalleled size range. Here we …

[BOOK][B] The biology of small mammals

JF Merritt - 2010 - books.google.com
2010 Outstanding Academic Title, Choice Magazine The Biology of Small Mammals is the
first exploration of the lives of small mammals undertaken in decades. Mammalogist Joseph …