title: Phylogenetic position of the Gansu mole Scapanulus oweni Thomas, 1912 and the relationships between strictly fossorial tribes of the family talpidae.
abstract: The results of the first molecular study focused on the phylogenetic position of the Gansu mole, Scapanulus oweni are presented. The analysis based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytb gene and five nuclear genes supports the monophyly of the Scalopini tribe including S. oweni and shows that two highly fossorial talpid tribes, Talpini and Scalopini, are not immediate sister taxa. These results highlight the role of morphological parallelism as a potential source of conflict between molecular and morphology-based phylogenies in Talpidae.
authors.affiliation: Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bannikova
authors.affiliation: Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia. zemlemerovalena@ya.ru.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Zemlemerova
authors.affiliation: Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Lebedev
authors.affiliation: Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117071, Russia.
authors.forename: D Yu
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Aleksandrov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Zoology, Chinese's Academy of Science, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.affiliation: Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117071, Russia.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Sheftel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003573:Cytochrome b Group / Q000235:genetics; D008971:Moles / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D003573:Cytochrome b Group