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Colugos: obscure mammals glide into the evolutionary limelight

2008; BioMed Central; Volume: 7; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1186/jbiol74

1478-5854

Robert D. Martín,

Primate Behavior and Ecology

Substantial molecular evidence indicates that tree-shrews, colugos and primates cluster together on the mammalian phylogenetic tree. Previously, a sister-group relationship between colugos and primates seemed likely. A new study of colugo chromosomes indicates instead an affinity between colugos and tree-shrews.