Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals

Ole Madsen; Mark Scally; Christophe J. Douady; Diana J. Kao; Ronald W. DeBry; Ronald M. Adkins; Heather M. Amrine; Michael J. Stanhope; Wilfried W. de Jong; Mark S. Springer

doi:10.1038/35054544

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MonophylyParaphylyBiologyZoologyInsectivorePhylogenetic treeCladeXenarthraEvolutionary biologyGeneticsEcologyGene

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Year: 2001
Type: article
Volume: 409
Issue: 6820
Pages: 610-614
Citations: 648
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                                    Ole Madsen, 
                                
                                    Mark Scally, 
                                
                                    Christophe J. Douady
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2001). 
                            Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals. 
                            Nature
                            , 409
                            (6820)
                            , 610-614.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/35054544
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/35054544