Publication Date:
2011-09-24
Description:
Previous analyses of relations, divergence times, and diversification patterns among extant mammalian families have relied on supertree methods and local molecular clocks. We constructed a molecular supermatrix for mammalian families and analyzed these data with likelihood-based methods and relaxed molecular clocks. Phylogenetic analyses resulted in a robust phylogeny with better resolution than phylogenies from supertree methods. Relaxed clock analyses support the long-fuse model of diversification and highlight the importance of including multiple fossil calibrations that are spread across the tree. Molecular time trees and diversification analyses suggest important roles for the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and Cretaceous-Paleogene (KPg) mass extinction in opening up ecospace that promoted interordinal and intraordinal diversification, respectively. By contrast, diversification analyses provide no support for the hypothesis concerning the delayed rise of present-day mammals during the Eocene Period.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Meredith, Robert W -- Janecka, Jan E -- Gatesy, John -- Ryder, Oliver A -- Fisher, Colleen A -- Teeling, Emma C -- Goodbla, Alisha -- Eizirik, Eduardo -- Simao, Taiz L L -- Stadler, Tanja -- Rabosky, Daniel L -- Honeycutt, Rodney L -- Flynn, John J -- Ingram, Colleen M -- Steiner, Cynthia -- Williams, Tiffani L -- Robinson, Terence J -- Burk-Herrick, Angela -- Westerman, Michael -- Ayoub, Nadia A -- Springer, Mark S -- Murphy, William J -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Oct 28;334(6055):521-4. doi: 10.1126/science.1211028. Epub 2011 Sep 22.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21940861" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Biological Evolution
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Evolution, Molecular
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*Extinction, Biological
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*Fossils
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*Mammals/classification/genetics
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Molecular Sequence Data
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*Phylogeny
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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