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The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment

  1. Author:
    Johnson, W. E.
    Eizirik, E.
    Pecon-Slattery, J.
    Murphy, W. J.
    Antunes, A.
    Teeling, E.
    O'Brien, S. J.

  2. Author Address

    NCI, Lab Genom Divers, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. Pontificia Univ Catolica Rio Grande Sul, Fac Biociencias, Ctr Biol Genom & Mol, BR-90619900 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Univ Porto, Fac Ciencias, Dept Quim, REQUIMTE, P-4167007 Oporto, Portugal Johnson, WE, NCI, Lab Genom Divers, Frederick, MD 21702 USA
    1. Year: 2006
    2. Date: JAN 6
  2. Journal: Science
    1. 311
    2. 5757
    3. Pages: 73-77
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    Modern fetid species descend from relatively recent (<11 million years ago) divergence and speciation events that produced successful predatory carnivores worldwide but that have confounded taxonomic classifications. A highly resolved molecular phylogeny with divergence dates for all living cat species, derived from autosomal, X-linked, Y-linked, and mitochondrial gene segments (22,789 base pairs) and 16 fossil calibrations define eight principal lineages produced through at least 10 intercontinental migrations facilitated by sea-level fluctuations. A ghost lineage analysis indicates that available fetid fossils underestimate (i.e., unrepresented basal branch length) first occurrence by an average of 76%, revealing a low representation of fetid lineages in paleontological remains. The phylogenetic performance of distinct gene classes showed that Y-chromosome segments are appreciably more informative than mitochondrial DNA, X-linked, or autosomal genes in resolving the rapid Felidae species radiation

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