Molecular assessment of the phylogeny and biogeography of a recently diversified endemic group of South American canids (Mammalia: Carnivora: Canidae)

Abstract To investigate the evolution and biogeography of an endemic group of South American foxes, we examined mitochondrial DNA control region sequences for 118 individuals belonging to all six extant species of the genus Lycalopex. Phylogenetic and molecular dating analyses supported the inferenc...

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Main Authors: Ligia Tchaicka, Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas, Alex Bager, Stela Luengos Vidal, Mauro Lucherini, Agustín Iriarte, Andres Novaro, Eli Geffen, Fabricio Silva Garcez, Warren E. Johnson, Robert K. Wayne, Eduardo Eizirik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572016000300442&lng=en&tlng=en