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Paleogenetic Analyses Reveal Unsuspected Phylogenetic Affinities between Mice and the Extinct Malpaisomys insularis, an Endemic Rodent of the Canaries

BACKGROUND: The lava mouse, Malpaisomys insularis, was endemic to the Eastern Canary islands and became extinct at the beginning of the 14(th) century when the Europeans reached the archipelago. Studies to determine Malpaisomys' phylogenetic affinities, based on morphological characters, remain...

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Autores principales: Pagès, Marie, Chevret, Pascale, Gros-Balthazard, Muriel, Hughes, Sandrine, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Hutterer, Rainer, Rando, Juan Carlos, Michaux, Jacques, Hänni, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3283599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031123