Seven new dolphin mitochondrial genomes and a time-calibrated phylogeny of whales

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The phylogeny of Cetacea (whales) is not fully resolved with substantial support. The ambiguous and conflicting results of multiple phylogenetic studies may be the result of the use of too little data, phylogenetic methods that do no...

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Main Authors: Zhou Kaiya, Xu Shixia, Brandley Matthew C, Xiong Ye, Yang Guang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-01-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/9/20