在Chiroptera (蝙蝠) 内的所有21个家族的分子系谱
Xiangyu Hao1,2, Qin Lu1, Huabin Zhao1
1College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
Integrative zoology
|October 19, 2023
概括
这项研究使用全面的分子数据集解决了蝙蝠家族的基因组,揭示了新的进化关系. 这些发现为所有21个蝙蝠家族提供了关键的分歧时间,有助于保护工作.
科学领域:
- *动物学和进化生物学:专注于哺乳动物的多样化和进化历史,特别是蝙蝠 (Chiroptera).
背景情况:
- *蝙蝠 (Chiroptera) 是第二个最多样化的哺乳动物类,有21个公认的家族.
- * 之前的分子研究已经确定了两个子顺序 (Yinpterochiroptera和 Yangochiroptera),但缺乏关于家族层次的族系学的共识.
- *不完整的遗传数据和不同的方法导致蝙蝠家族内遗传学上的不确定性.
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