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dc.contributor.authorKrause, Johannes
dc.contributor.authorUnger, Tina
dc.contributor.authorNoçon, Aline
dc.contributor.authorMalaspinas, Anna-Sapfo
dc.contributor.authorKolokotronis, Sergios-Orestis
dc.contributor.authorStiller, Mathias
dc.contributor.authorSoibelzon, Leopoldo
dc.contributor.authorSpriggs, Helen
dc.contributor.authorDear, Paul H
dc.contributor.authorBriggs, Adrian W
dc.contributor.authorBray, Sarah CE
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Stephen J
dc.contributor.authorRabeder, Gernot
dc.contributor.authorMatheus, Paul
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Alan
dc.contributor.authorSlatkin, Montgomery
dc.contributor.authorPääbo, Svante
dc.contributor.authorHofreiter, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-12T16:35:53Z
dc.date.available2022-09-12T16:35:53Z
dc.date.issued2008-07-28
dc.identifier.citationKrause J, Unger T, Noçon A, Malaspinas AS, Kolokotronis SO, Stiller M, Soibelzon L, Spriggs H, Dear PH, Briggs AW, Bray SC, O'Brien SJ, Rabeder G, Matheus P, Cooper A, Slatkin M, Pääbo S, Hofreiter M. Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. BMC Evol Biol. 2008 Jul 28;8:220. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-220. PMID: 18662376; PMCID: PMC2518930.en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1471-2148
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-2148-8-220
dc.identifier.pmid18662376
dc.identifier.pii789
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7552
dc.description.abstractBackground: Despite being one of the most studied families within the Carnivora, the phylogenetic relationships among the members of the bear family (Ursidae) have long remained unclear. Widely divergent topologies have been suggested based on various data sets and methods. Results: We present a fully resolved phylogeny for ursids based on ten complete mitochondrial genome sequences from all eight living and two recently extinct bear species, the European cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) and the American giant short-faced bear (Arctodus simus). The mitogenomic data yield a well-resolved topology for ursids, with the sloth bear at the basal position within the genus Ursus. The sun bear is the sister taxon to both the American and Asian black bears, and this clade is the sister clade of cave bear, brown bear and polar bear confirming a recent study on bear mitochondrial genomes. Conclusion: Sequences from extinct bears represent the third and fourth Pleistocene species for which complete mitochondrial genomes have been sequenced. Moreover, the cave bear specimen demonstrates that mitogenomic studies can be applied to Pleistocene fossils that have not been preserved in permafrost, and therefore have a broad application within ancient DNA research. Molecular dating of the mtDNA divergence times suggests a rapid radiation of bears in both the Old and New Worlds around 5 million years ago, at the Miocene-Pliocene boundary. This coincides with major global changes, such as the Messinian crisis and the first opening of the Bering Strait, and suggests a global influence of such events on species radiations.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLCen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-8-220en_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematicsen_US
dc.titleMitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the Miocene-Pliocene boundaryen_US
dc.typeArticle/Reviewen_US
dc.source.journaltitleBMC Evolutionary Biologyen_US
dc.source.volume8
dc.source.issue1
dc.description.versionVoRen_US
refterms.dateFOA2022-09-12T16:35:53Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Downstateen_US
dc.description.departmentEpidemiology and Biostatisticsen_US
dc.description.degreelevelN/Aen_US


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