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Sudden expansion of a single brown bear maternal lineage across northern continental Eurasia after the last ice age: a general demographic model for mammals?
- M. Korsten, S. Ho, +21 authors U. Saarma
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular ecology
- 1 May 2009
The brown bear has proved a useful model for studying Late Quaternary mammalian phylogeography. However, information is lacking from northern continental Eurasia, which constitutes a large part of… Expand
Mitogenetic structure of brown bears (Ursus arctos L.) in northeastern Europe and a new time frame for the formation of European brown bear lineages
- U. Saarma, S. Ho, +16 authors Alexander M Rõkov
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular ecology
- 27 November 2006
We estimated the phylogenetic relationships of brown bear maternal haplotypes from countries of northeastern Europe (Estonia, Finland and European Russia), using sequences of mitochondrial DNA… Expand
Phylogeography of the Russian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans): implication of refugia theory in arboreal small mammal of Eurasia
- T. Oshida, A. Abramov, H. Yanagawa, R. Masuda
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular ecology
- 4 March 2005
A phylogeographical study of the Russian (Siberian) flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) was carried out using the complete mitochondrial (mt) cytochrome b gene sequences with special reference to the… Expand
A revised taxonomy of the Felidae : The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN Cat Specialist Group
- A. Kitchener, C. Breitenmoser-Wuersten, +20 authors S. Tobe
- Geography, Biology
- 2017
1. The current classification of the Felidae was reviewed by a panel of 22 experts divided into core, expert and review groups, which make up the Cat Classification Task Force CCTF of the IUCN Cat ...
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Contrasting evolutionary history of hedgehogs and gymnures (Mammalia: Erinaceomorpha) as inferred from a multigene study
- A. Bannikova, V. Lebedev, A. Abramov, V. V. Rozhnov
- Biology
- 1 July 2014
The subfamilies Erinaceinae and Galericinae of the extant family Erinaceidae are the only living representatives of the once diverse taxon Erinaceomorpha. In the present study, we performed the first… Expand
MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY AND EVOLUTION OF THE BACULUM (OS PENIS) IN MUSTELIDAE (CARNIVORA)
- G. F. Baryshnikov, Olaf R. P. Bininda-Emonds, A. Abramov
- Biology
- 30 May 2003
Abstract We examined morphological variability and evolution of the baculum (os penis) across the Mustelidae through allometric analyses and character mapping. Fifty-four species and 26 genera… Expand
Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Mustela (Mustelidae, Carnivora), inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences: New perspectives on phylogenetic status of the back-striped weasel and…
- N. Kurose, A. Abramov, R. Masuda
- Biology
- 1 March 2008
ABSTRACT To further understand the phylogenetic relationships among the mustelid genus Mustela, we newly determined nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene from 11 Eurasian species of… Expand
The Laptev Sea walrus Odobenus rosmarus laptevi: an enigma revisited
- C. Lindqvist, L. Bachmann, +6 authors Ø. Wiig
- Biology
- 1 March 2009
The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is in some current systematic schemes divided into three subspecies: O. r. rosmarus in the North Atlantic, O. r. divergens in the North Pacific and O. r. laptevi in the… Expand
Intrageneric diversity of the cytochrome B gene and phylogeny of eurasian species of the genus mustela (mustelidae, carnivora).
- N. Kurose, A. Abramov, R. Masuda
- Medicine, Biology
- Zoological science
- 1998
To illuminate molecular phylogenetic relationships among Eurasian species of the genus Mustela (Mustelidae, Carnivora), we determined nucleotide sequences of the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b… Expand
Comparative Phylogeography between the Ermine Mustela erminea and the Least Weasel M. nivalis of Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions, Based on Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequences
- N. Kurose, A. Abramov, R. Masuda
- Biology, Medicine
- Zoological science
- 1 October 2005
Abstract Phylogeography of the ermine Mustela erminea and the least weasel M. nivalis from Palae-arctic and Nearctic regions were investigated based on mitochondrial DNA control region sequences.… Expand