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Early penguin fossils, plus mitochondrial genomes, calibrate avian evolution.

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A test for events around the Late Cretaceous is reported by describing the earliest penguin fossils, analyzing complete mitochondrial genomes from an albatross, a petrel, and a loon, and describing the gradual decline of pterosaurs at the same time modern birds radiate.
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Resolving the root of the avian mitogenomic tree by breaking up long branches.

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Four new avian mitochondrial genomes help get to basic evolutionary questions in the late cretaceous.

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It is found, as with other animal mitochondrial genomes, that RY-coding is helpful in adjusting for biases between pyrimidines and between purines, and the root occurs between paleognath and neognath birds.
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Phylogeny recapitulates geography, or why New Zealand has so many species of skinks

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The evolutionary history of 25 New Zealand scincid lizards in the endemic genera Oligosoma and Cyclodina was examined using 12S rRNA sequence data, inferring that New Zealand skinks underwent two relatively rapid phases of divergence.
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Two new avian mitochondrial genomes (penguin and goose) and a summary of bird and reptile mitogenomic features.

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Subordinal artiodactyl relationships in the light of phylogenetic analysis of 12 mitochondrial protein‐coding genes

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Subordinal artiodactyl relationships in the light of phylogenetic analysis of 12 mitochondrial protein‐coding genes is analyzed.
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Avian phylogeny and divergence times based on mitogenomic sequences : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Institute of…

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A revised annotation of avian and reptile mt genomes has been carried out, which improves consistency of labeling gene start and stop positions and a number of conserved patterns and interesting differences identified.

Molecular systematics of New Zealand skinks of the genus Cyclodina : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Genetics at Massey…

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