Colugos: obscure mammals glide into the evolutionary limelight.
Substantial molecular evidence indicates that tree-shrews, colugos and primates cluster together on the mammalian phylogenetic tree. Previously, a sister-group relationship between colugos and primates seemed likely. A new study of colugo chromosomes indicates instead an affinity between colugos and tree-shrews.
Martin
Robert D
RD
Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA. rdmartin@fieldmuseum.org
D000818:Animals; D033481:Chromosomes, Mammalian / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D011323:Primates / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D014418:Tupaiidae / Q000235:genetics*