Mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses of the Delphinidae with an emphasis on the Globicephalinae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous DNA-based phylogenetic studies of the Delphinidae family suggest it has undergone rapid diversification, as characterised by unresolved and poorly supported taxonomic relationships (polytomies) for some of the species within this group. Using an increased amount of sequence data we test between alternative hypotheses of soft polytomies caused by rapid speciation, slow evolutionary rate and/or insufficient sequence data, and hard polytomies caused by simultaneous speciation within this family. Combining the mitogenome sequences of five new and 12 previously published species within the Delphinidae, we used Bayesian and maximum-likelihood methods to estimate the phylogeny from partitioned and unpartitioned mitogenome sequences. Further ad hoc tests were then condu

SUBMITTER: Vilstrup JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065423 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature