The Interrelationships of Placental Mammals and the Limits of Phylogenetic Inference

• Published in: Genome biology and evolution Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 330 - 344
• Main Authors: Tarver, James E., dos Reis, Mario, Mirarab, Siavash, Moran, Raymond J., Parker, Sean, O’Reilly, Joseph E., King, Benjamin L., O’Connell, Mary J., Asher, Robert J., Warnow, Tandy, Peterson, Kevin J., Donoghue, Philip C.J., Pisani, Davide
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Animals; Datasets; Dispersal; Evolution, Molecular; Female; Fossils; Genetic Speciation; Genome; Mammals - classification; Mammals - genetics; MicroRNAs - genetics; Models, Genetic; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Placenta - anatomy & histology; Pregnancy; genome; mammalian; microRNA; phylogeny; palaeontology; placental
• ISSN: 1759-6653; 1759-6653
• DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evv261

Placental mammals comprise three principal clades: Afrotheria (e.g., elephants and tenrecs), Xenarthra (e.g., armadillos and sloths), and Boreoeutheria (all other placental mammals), the relationships among which are the subject of controversy and a touchstone for debate on the limits of phylogeneti...