Mitochondrial 12S rDNA sequence relationships suggest that the enigmatic bovid "Linh Duong" Pseudonovibos spiralis is closely related to buffalo.
The phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the recently described Southeast Asian endemic bovid Pseudonovibos spiralis were deduced from nearly complete 12S mitochondrial rDNA sequences of this species and Bubalus bubalis alongside 26 sequences of Bovidae from GenBank using Cervus elaphus (Cervidae) as outgroup. Maximum-likelihood analyses performed by PUZZLE and fastDNAml nested P. spiralis at the base of the subtribe buffalo Bovini, suggesting the close relationship of this enigmatic species with buffalo and enabling its distinction into the separate
Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow.
German V
GV
Kuznetsov
Eugene E
EE
Kulikov
Nikolai B
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Petrov
Natalia V
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Ivanova
Alexei A
AA
Lomov
Marina V
MV
Kholodova
Andrey B
AB
Poltaraust
D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D010802:Phylogeny; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D012418:Ruminants / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S