From the Old World to the New World: a molecular chronicle of the phylogeny and biogeography of hystricognath rodents
D Huchon, EJP Douzery - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2001 - Elsevier
Abstract Hystricognath rodents include Old World Phiomorpha and New World
Caviomorpha. These two groups have an enigmatic biogeographical history. Using a
nuclear marker, the exon 28 of the von Willebrand Factor gene (vWF), we reconstructed the
phylogenetic relationships among 23 Hystricognathi species. These taxa encompass the
complete familial diversity of the Hystricognathi. Our results indicate a basal trifurcation of
hystricognaths leading to Hystricidae, Phiomorpha ss(Bathyergidae, Thryonomyidae, and …
Caviomorpha. These two groups have an enigmatic biogeographical history. Using a
nuclear marker, the exon 28 of the von Willebrand Factor gene (vWF), we reconstructed the
phylogenetic relationships among 23 Hystricognathi species. These taxa encompass the
complete familial diversity of the Hystricognathi. Our results indicate a basal trifurcation of
hystricognaths leading to Hystricidae, Phiomorpha ss(Bathyergidae, Thryonomyidae, and …
