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Tipo: Artigo de Periódico
Data do documento: 2008
Autor(es): BARROS, Maria Claudene
SAMPAIO, Maria Iracilda da Cunha
SCHNEIDER, Horacio
Título: Novel 12S mtDNA findings in sloths (Pilosa, Folivora) and anteaters (Pilosa, Vermilingua) suggest a true case of long branch attraction
Citar como: BARROS, Maria Claudene; SAMPAIO, Iracilda; SCHNEIDER, Horacio. Novel 12S mtDNA findings in sloths (Pilosa, Folivora) and anteaters (Pilosa, Vermilingua) suggest a true case of long branch attraction. Genetics and Molecular Biology, São Paulo, v. 31, n. 3, p. 793-799, 2008. Disponível em: <http://www.scielo.br/pdf/gmb/v31n3/a29v31n3.pdf>. Acesso em: 15 mar. 2011. <http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1415-47572008000400029>.
Abstract: We sequenced 12S RNA mtDNA for the majority of the extant species of sloths and anteaters and compared our results with previous data obtained by our group using 16S RNA mtDNA in the same specimens and to GenBank sequences of the extinct giant sloth Mylodon. Our results suggest that pigmy-anteaters may be a case of the long-branch attraction phenomenon and also show the large genetic difference between the Amazonian and Atlantic forest three-toed sloths, contrasting with the small differences observed between the two non-Atlantic forest forms of sloths. These results have important implications for the taxonomy of sloths and anteaters and strongly suggest the placement of pigmy anteaters in their own family (Cyclopidae) and raising the taxonomic status of Bradypus torquatus to a genus.
Palavras-chave: Preguiça (Zoologia)
Tamanduá
Filogenia
DNA mitocondrial
Evolução molecular
ISSN: 1415-4757
Tipo de Acesso: Acesso Aberto
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