Deciphering relationships among the orders of placental mammals remains an important
problem in evolutionary biology and has implications for understanding patterns of …

Despite the biological and economic importance of the Cetartiodactyla, the phylogeny of this
clade remains controversial. Using the supertree approach of matrix representation with …

Cetaceans are remarkable among mammals for their numerous adaptations to an entirely
aquatic existence, yet many aspects of their phylogeny remain unresolved. Here we merged …

The emergence of Cetacea in the Paleogene represents one of the most profound
macroevolutionary transitions within Mammalia. The move from a terrestrial habitat to a …

Partial skeletons of two new fossil whales, Artiocetus clavis and Rodhocetus
balochistanensis, are among the oldest known protocetid archaeocetes. These came from …

The strict orthology of mitochondrial (mt) coding sequences has promoted their use in
phylogenetic analyses at different levels. Here we present the results of a mitogenomic study …

Insertion analysis of short and long interspersed elements is a powerful method for
phylogenetic inference. In a previous study of short interspersed element data, it was found …

A data set of complete mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S rDNA sequences is presented
here for 17 representatives of Artiodactyla and Cetacea, together with potential outgroups …

Phylogenetic knowledge is indispensable in evolutionary biology, and molecular
phylogenetics has become an important tool in inferring phylogenetic relationships among …

The ruminants constitute the largest group of ungulates, with> 190 species, and its
distribution is widespread throughout all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Six …