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| Nahum,Laila Alves; Pereira,Sérgio Luiz; Campos Fernandes,Flora Maria de; Russo Matioli,Sergio; Wajntal,Anita. |
| Partial cytochrome b and 12S rDNA mitochondrial DNA sequences of eight representatives of the Ramphastidae family were analyzed. We applied the linearized tree method to identify sequences evolving at similar rates and estimated the divergence times among some of the taxa analyzed. After excluding Ramphastos tucanus and Capito dayi from our data set, the remaining taxa presented a constant rate of DNA substitution, and branch lengths could be re-estimated with a clock constraint using the maximum likelihood method. Branch lengths were calibrated assuming that Galliformes and Piciformes split around 100 million years ago (mya). Our results indicate that Ramphastinae, and probably Capitoninae, diverged from other Piciformes in the Late Cretaceous (~82 mya),... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Divergence times; K/T; Mass extinction; Cytochrome b; 12S rDNA; Paleogeography; Phylogeny. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572003000400003 |
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| Pereira,Sérgio Luiz. |
| With the advent of DNA sequencing techniques the organization of the vertebrate mitochondrial genome shows variation between higher taxonomic levels. The most conserved gene order is found in placental mammals, turtles, fishes, some lizards and Xenopus. Birds, other species of lizards, crocodilians, marsupial mammals, snakes, tuatara, lamprey, and some other amphibians and one species of fish have gene orders that are less conserved. The most probable mechanism for new gene rearrangements seems to be tandem duplication and multiple deletion events, always associated with tRNA sequences. Some new rearrangements seem to be typical of monophyletic groups and the use of data from these groups may be useful for answering phylogenetic questions involving... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572000000400008 |
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