{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["98(1)"],"submitter":["Liu S"],"pubmed_abstract":["China has 26 species in the tribe Arvicolini. The taxonomic status of these voles remains controversial despite much effort. Herein, we evaluate the taxonomic position of 22 species plus 2 unidentified taxa using mitochondrial DNA gene sequences (<i>cytb + CO1</i>). We also evaluate 18 species and 2 unidentified taxa using morphological data. Phylogenetic analyses of <i>cytb</i> resolve monophyly for the genera <i>Alexandromys</i>, <i>Lasiopodomys</i>, <i>Microtus</i>, <i>Neodon</i>, <i>Proedromys</i>, and <i>Volemys</i> with strong support. <i>Stenocranius</i> clusters with <i>Chionomys</i> but with very weak support. Analyses of concatenated <i>cytb + CO1</i> resolve the same genera with strong support, but the topology of the tree differs from that of <i>cytb</i> in that <i>Chionomys</i"],"journal":["Journal of mammalogy"],"pagination":["166-182"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5901085"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China."],"pmcid":["PMC5901085"],"pubmed_authors":["Liu Y","Jin W","Tang M","Lv B","Liao R","Chen W","Fu J","Hao H","Liu S","Murphy RW","Sun Z"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of 2 new species from Xizang, China.","description":"China has 26 species in the tribe Arvicolini. The taxonomic status of these voles remains controversial despite much effort. Herein, we evaluate the taxonomic position of 22 species plus 2 unidentified taxa using mitochondrial DNA gene sequences (<i>cytb + CO1</i>). We also evaluate 18 species and 2 unidentified taxa using morphological data. Phylogenetic analyses of <i>cytb</i> resolve monophyly for the genera <i>Alexandromys</i>, <i>Lasiopodomys</i>, <i>Microtus</i>, <i>Neodon</i>, <i>Proedromys</i>, and <i>Volemys</i> with strong support. <i>Stenocranius</i> clusters with <i>Chionomys</i> but with very weak support. Analyses of concatenated <i>cytb + CO1</i> resolve the same genera with strong support, but the topology of the tree differs from that of <i>cytb</i> in that <i>Chionomys</i","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017 Feb","modification":"2026-04-30T18:54:38.402Z","creation":"2019-03-26T23:31:33Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5901085","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29674783"],"doi":["10.1093/jmammal/gyw170"]}}