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"Lipotyphlan" phylogeny based on the growth hormone receptor gene: a reanalysis

scientific article

A New Tarsier Species from the Togean Islands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, with References to Wallacea and Conservation on Sulawesi ⬇️

article published in 2019

A Phylogeny and Timescale for the Evolution of Pseudocheiridae (Marsupialia: Diprotodontia) in Australia and New Guinea

scientific article (publication date: June 2010)

A family matter: conclusive resolution of the taxonomic position of the long-fingered bats, miniopterus

scientific article

A molecular phylogeny for bats illuminates biogeography and the fossil record

scientific article

A new phylogenetic marker, apolipoprotein B, provides compelling evidence for eutherian relationships ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: August 2003)

A phylogenetic blueprint for a modern whale ⬇️

scientific article published on October 26, 2012

A phylogeny and timescale for the living genera of kangaroos and kin (Macropodiformes : Marsupialia) based on nuclear DNA sequences

scientific article published in 2008

A phylogeny of Diprotodontia (Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes

scientific article

A timescale and phylogeny for "bandicoots" (Peramelemorphia: Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes

scientific article

Appropriate fossil calibrations and tree constraints uphold the Mesozoic divergence of solenodons from other extant mammals

scientific article published on 10 January 2018

Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

scientific article

Concatenation versus coalescence versus "concatalescence".

scientific article published on 4 March 2013

Contradictory Phylogenetic Signals in the Laurasiatheria Anomaly Zone

scientific article published on 26 April 2022

Convergent evolution of alternative developmental trajectories associated with diapause in African and South American killifish

scientific article published in March 2015

Cytogenetics meets phylogenetics: a review of karyotype evolution in diprotodontian marsupials

scientific article published on 25 June 2010

DNA-hybridisation Studies of Marsupials and their Implications for Metatherian Classification

scholarly article (1997)

Delimiting Coalescence Genes (C-Genes) in Phylogenomic Data Sets

scientific article published on 26 February 2018

Emergence of a Chimeric Globin Pseudogene and Increased Hemoglobin Oxygen Affinity Underlie the Evolution of Aquatic Specializations in Sirenia

article

Evidence for a single loss of mineralized teeth in the common avian ancestor

scientific article published on 11 December 2014

Evolution and phylogenetic utility of the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) in Cetartiodactyla

scientific article published on 19 March 2009

Evolution of the MC5R gene in placental mammals with evidence for its inactivation in multiple lineages that lack sebaceous glands

scientific article

Evolutionary Models for the Diversification of Placental Mammals Across the KPg Boundary

scientific article published on 29 November 2019

Evolutionary Relationships Among Old World Fruitbats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) Based on 12S rRNA, tRNA Valine, and 16S rRNA Gene Sequences

article

Evolutionary constraint and innovation across hundreds of placental mammals

scientific article published on 28 April 2023

Eyes underground: regression of visual protein networks in subterranean mammals

scientific article

Gene-tree misrooting drives conflicts in phylogenomic coalescent analyses of palaeognath birds

scholarly article published in 2022

Gene-wise resampling outperforms site-wise resampling in phylogenetic coalescence analyses

article

Genes lost during the transition from land to water in cetaceans highlight genomic changes associated with aquatic adaptations

scientific article published on 25 September 2019

Genomic analysis reveals hidden biodiversity within colugos, the sister group to primates

scientific article

Genomic evidence for rod monochromacy in sloths and armadillos suggests early subterranean history for Xenarthra

scientific article

How conflict shapes evolution in poeciliid fishes

scientific article published on 26 July 2019

ILS-Aware Analysis of Low-Homoplasy Retroelement Insertions: Inference of Species Trees and Introgression Using Quartets

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg extinction on mammal diversification

scientific article

In love and war: The morphometric and phylogenetic basis of ornamentation, and the evolution of male display behavior, in the livebearer genus Poecilia

scientific article published on 17 January 2019

Inactivation of C4orf26 in toothless placental mammals.

scientific article published on 17 November 2015

Inactivation of Cone-Specific Phototransduction Genes in Rod Monochromatic Cetaceans

scientific article published in 2016

Inactivation of the olfactory marker protein (OMP) gene in river dolphins and other odontocete cetaceans

scientific article

Inactivation of thermogenic UCP1 as a historical contingency in multiple placental mammal clades

scientific article

Inactivation of thermogenic UCP1 as a historical contingency in multiple placental mammal clades

article

Independent origins and rapid evolution of the placenta in the fish genus Poeciliopsis.

scientific article

Intergeneric Relationships Among Macropodoidea (Metatheria: Diprotodontia) and The Chronicle of Kangaroo Evolution

article

Interordinal gene capture, the phylogenetic position of Steller's sea cow based on molecular and morphological data, and the macroevolutionary history of Sirenia

scientific article

Land plant origins and coalescence confusion

scientific article published on 15 March 2014

Macroevolutionary dynamics and historical biogeography of primate diversification inferred from a species supermatrix

scientific article published in 2012

Mammal madness: is the mammal tree of life not yet resolved?

scientific article

Mammalian evolution and biomedicine: new views from phylogeny

scientific article published on August 2007

Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores

scientific article

Microbat paraphyly and the convergent evolution of a key innovation in Old World rhinolophoid microbats

scientific article

Molecular Evidence That the Bonin Islands "Honeyeater" Is a White-eye

article

Molecular Evidence for the Last Survivor of an Ancient Kangaroo Lineage

article

Molecular and genomic data identify the closest living relative of primates

scientific article

Molecular decay of enamel matrix protein genes in turtles and other edentulous amniotes

scientific article (publication date: 23 January 2013)

Molecular decay of the tooth gene Enamelin (ENAM) mirrors the loss of enamel in the fossil record of placental mammals

scientific article (publication date: September 2009)

Molecular evidence for the monophyly of tenrecidae (mammalia) and the timing of the colonization of Madagascar by Malagasy Tenrecs

scientific article published on March 2002

Molecular evolutionary analyses of tooth genes support sequential loss of enamel and teeth in baleen whales (Mysticeti)

scientific article published in June 2022

Molecular phylogenetic evidence confirming the Eulipotyphla concept and in support of hedgehogs as the sister group to shrews.

scientific article

Molecular phylogenetic relationships and the coevolution of placentotrophy and superfetation in Poecilia (Poeciliidae: Cyprinodontiformes).

scientific article published in February 2011

Molecular phylogenetic relationships and the evolution of the placenta in Poecilia (Micropoecilia) (Poeciliidae: Cyprinodontiformes).

scientific article published on 14 November 2009

Molecular phylogeny of living xenarthrans and the impact of character and taxon sampling on the placental tree rooting

scientific article

Morphology and placental mammal phylogeny

scientific article published in June 2008

Natural selection and mammalian BRCA1 sequences: elucidating functionally important sites relevant to breast cancer susceptibility in humans

scientific article published on 3 March 2006

Nuclear gene sequences confirm an ancient link between New Zealand's short-tailed bat and South American noctilionoid bats

scientific article published on August 2003

Nuclear gene sequences provide evidence for the monophyly of australidelphian marsupials

scientific article published in August 2003

Odontogenic ameloblast-associated (ODAM) is inactivated in toothless/enamelless placental mammals and toothed whales

article

Partitioned coalescence support reveals biases in species-tree methods and detects gene trees that determine phylogenomic conflicts

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Phylogenetic analysis at deep timescales: unreliable gene trees, bypassed hidden support, and the coalescence/concatalescence conundrum

scientific article published on 22 August 2014

Phylogenetic relationships of dasyuromorphian marsupials revisited

article

Phylogenies, fossils and functional genes: the evolution of echolocation in bats

article

Phylogenomic red flags: Homology errors and zombie lineages in the evolutionary diversification of placental mammals.

scientific article

Phylogenomics and the Genetic Architecture of the Placental Mammal Radiation

scientific article published on 23 November 2020

Pinniped Diphyly and Bat Triphyly: More Homology Errors Drive Conflicts in the Mammalian Tree

scientific article published on 25 October 2017

Placental mammal diversification and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary

scientific article

Pseudogenization of the tooth gene enamelysin (MMP20) in the common ancestor of extant baleen whales ⬇️

scientific article published on September 22, 2010

Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using Bayesian phylogenetics ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 14 December 2001)

Rod monochromacy and the coevolution of cetacean retinal opsins

scientific article (publication date: April 2013)

Secondary structure and patterns of evolution among mammalian mitochondrial 12S rRNA molecules

scientific article

Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

Spectral shifts of mammalian ultraviolet-sensitive pigments (short wavelength-sensitive opsin 1) are associated with eye length and photic niche evolution

scientific article

Talpid Mole Phylogeny Unites Shrew Moles and Illuminates Overlooked Cryptic Species Diversity.

scientific article

Technical comment on "The placental mammal ancestor and the post-K-Pg radiation of placentals".

scientific article

The Sahara as a vicariant agent, and the role of Miocene climatic events, in the diversification of the mammalian order Macroscelidea (elephant shrews)

scientific article

The adequacy of morphology for reconstructing the early history of placental mammals

scientific article (publication date: August 2007)

The effects of fossil taxa, hypothetical predicted ancestors, and a molecular scaffold on pseudoextinction analyses of extant placental orders

scientific article published in 2021

The evolution of the sexually selected sword in Xiphophorus does not compromise aerobic locomotor performance

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

The evolution of tribospheny and the antiquity of mammalian clades

scientific article published in August 2003

The gene tree delusion

scientific article

The historical biogeography of Mammalia ⬇️

scientific article (publication date: 12 September 2011)

The molecular evolution of acrosin in placental mammals

scientific article published in July 2008

The oldest platypus and its bearing on divergence timing of the platypus and echidna clades

scientific article

The origin and biogeographic diversification of fishes in the family Poeciliidae

scientific article

The use of composite taxa in supermatrices

scientific article published in March 2004

Their loss is our gain: regressive evolution in vertebrates provides genomic models for uncovering human disease loci

scientific article

Using genomic data to unravel the root of the placental mammal phylogeny

scientific article

Waking the undead: Implications of a soft explosive model for the timing of placental mammal diversification.

scientific article

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