Molecular diversity among domestic guinea-pigs (Cavia porcellus) and their close phylogenetic relationship with the Andean wild species Cavia tschudii Diversidad molecular entre cuyes domésticos (Cavia porcellus) y su relación filogenética cercana con la especie silvestre andina Cavia tschudii

Molecular diversity among domestic guinea-pigs (Cavia porcellus) and their close phylogenetic relationship with the Andean wild species Cavia tschudii Diversidad molecular entre cuyes domésticos (Cavia porcellus) y su relación filogenética cercana con la especie silvestre andina Cavia tschudii

To investigate the origin and diversity of domestic guinea-pigs Cavia porcellus (Linnaeus, 1758; Rodentia, Caviidae), we sequenced the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene of 12 domestic and 10 wild specimens from six species, including the two presumed as ancestral to the domestic one: Cavia tschudii an...

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Main Authors: ÁNGEL E SPOTORNO, JOHN P VALLADARES, JUAN C MARÍN, HORACIO ZEBALLOS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2004-06-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
Subjects:
Andes
Caviidae
citocromo b
domesticación
cuy
filogenia molecular
Cavidae
cytochrome b
domestication
guinea pig
molecular phylogeny
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2004000200004

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