Unraveling bovin phylogeny: accomplishments and challenges

BMC Biology

Commentary

Elisabeth S Vrba¹  Faysal Bibi² 

[1] Department of Geology & Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, 06520, Connecticut, USA;Institut de Paléoprimatologie et Paléontologie humaine: Evolution et Paléoenvironnements CNRS UMR 6046, Université de Poitiers, 40 av. du Recteur Pineau, 86022, Poitiers, France;

关键词: Molecular Phylogeny;    Musk Deer;    Molecular Clock Estimate;    Crown Clade;    Phylogenetic Work;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1741-7007-8-50

 received in 2010-04-22, accepted in 2010-04-22,  发布年份 2010

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The phylogenetic systematics of bovin species forms a common basis for studies at multiple scales, from the level of domestication in populations to major cladogenesis. The main big-picture accomplishments of this productive field, including two recent works, one in BMC Genomics, are reviewed with an eye for some of the limitations and challenges impeding progress. See Research article http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/177

【 授权许可】

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© Bibi and Vrba; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2010. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.