Mitochondrial phylogenomics of modern and ancient equids.

The genus Equus is richly represented in the fossil record, yet our understanding of taxonomic relationships within this genus remains limited. To estimate the phylogenetic relationships among modern horses, zebras, asses and donkeys, we generated the first data set including complete mitochondrial...

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Main Authors: Julia T Vilstrup, Andaine Seguin-Orlando, Mathias Stiller, Aurelien Ginolhac, Maanasa Raghavan, Sandra C A Nielsen, Jacobo Weinstock, Duane Froese, Sergei K Vasiliev, Nikolai D Ovodov, Joel Clary, Kristofer M Helgen, Robert C Fleischer, Alan Cooper, Beth Shapiro, Ludovic Orlando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3577844?pdf=render