[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Milk protein polymorphisms in cattle: Effect on animal breeding and human nutrition

AM Caroli, S Chessa, GJ Erhardt - Journal of dairy science, 2009‏ - Elsevier
The 6 main milk proteins in cattle are encoded by highly polymorphic genes characterized
by several nonsynonymous and synonymous mutations, with up to 47 protein variants …

SINE insertions: powerful tools for molecular systematics

AM Shedlock, N Okada - Bioessays, 2000‏ - Wiley Online Library
Short interspersed repetitive elements, or SINEs, are tRNA‐derived retroposons that are
dispersed throughout eukaryotic genomes and can be present in well over 104 total copies …

The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

J Schipper, JS Chanson, F Chiozza, NA Cox… - Science, 2008‏ - science.org
Knowledge of mammalian diversity is still surprisingly disparate, both regionally and
taxonomically. Here, we present a comprehensive assessment of the conservation status …

A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale

J Gatesy, JH Geisler, J Chang, C Buell, A Berta… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
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 …

[کتاب][B] Taxonomy of Australian mammals

SM Jackson, S Jackson, C Groves - 2015‏ - books.google.com
Taxonomy of Australian Mammals utilises the latest morphometric and genetic research to
develop the most up to date and comprehensive revision of the taxonomy of Australian …

Genes lost during the transition from land to water in cetaceans highlight genomic changes associated with aquatic adaptations

M Huelsmann, N Hecker, MS Springer, J Gatesy… - Science …, 2019‏ - science.org
The transition from land to water in whales and dolphins (cetaceans) was accompanied by
remarkable adaptations. To reveal genomic changes that occurred during this transition, we …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth (inner ear) of placental mammals

EG Ekdale - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Background Variation is a naturally occurring phenomenon that is observable at all levels of
morphology, from anatomical variations of DNA molecules to gross variations between …

Towards resolving the interordinal relationships of placental mammals

PJ Waddell, N Okada, M Hasegawa - Systematic Biology, 1999‏ - JSTOR
Here we show that progress towards a reliable phylogeny for placental mammals at the
ordinal level continues apace. We draw especially upon insights from the recent" …

Origin of whales from early artiodactyls: hands and feet of Eocene Protocetidae from Pakistan

PD Gingerich, M Haq, IS Zalmout, IH Khan, MS Malkani - Science, 2001‏ - science.org
Partial skeletons of two new fossil whales, Artiocetus clavis and Rodhocetus
balochistanensis, are among the oldest known protocetid archaeocetes. These came from …

Phylogenetic relationships among cetartiodactyls based on insertions of short and long interpersed elements: hippopotamuses are the closest extant relatives of …

M Nikaido, AP Rooney, N Okada - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 1999‏ - pnas.org
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 …