Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes
Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes): New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes
复制标题
DOI:
10.1016/j.ympev.2005.07.016
复制
发表时间:
2005-11-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Burbrink, FT
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Lawson, R;Slowinski, JB;Burbrink, FT
The Colubroidea contains over 85% of all the extant species of snakes and is recognized as monophyletic based on morphological and molecular data. Using DNA sequences (cyt b, c-mos) from 100 species we inferred the phylogeny of colubroids with special reference to the largest family, the Colubridae. Tree inference was obtained using Bayesian, likelihood, and parsimony methods. All analyses produced five major groups, the Pareatidae, Viperidae, Homalopsidae, the Elapidae, and the Colubridae. The specific content of the latter two groups has been altered to accommodate evolutionary history and to yield a more stable taxonomy. We propose an updated classification based on the reallocation of species as indicated by our inferred phylogeny. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.