title: Data on phylogenetic analyses of gazelles (genus Gazella) based on mitochondrial and nuclear intron markers.
abstract: The data provided is related to the article "Phylogenetic analyses of gazelles reveal repeated transitions of key ecological traits and provide novel insights into the origin of the genus Gazella" [1]. The data is based on 48 tissue samples of all nine extant species of the genus Gazella, namely Gazella gazella, Gazella arabica, Gazella bennettii, Gazella cuvieri, Gazella dorcas, Gazella leptoceros, Gazella marica, Gazella spekei, and Gazella subgutturosa and four related taxa (Saiga tatarica, Antidorcas marsupialis, Antilope cervicapra and Eudorcas rufifrons). It comprises alignments of sequences of a cytochrome b data set and of six nuclear intron markers. For the latter new primers were designed based on cattle and sheep genomes. Based on these alignments phylogenetic trees were inferred using Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood methods. Furthermore, ancestral character states (inferred with BayesTraits 1.0) and ancestral ranges based on a Dispersal-Extinction-Cladogenesis model were estimated and results׳ files were stored within this article.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Collections, Museum Wiesbaden, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2, 65185 Wiesbaden, Germany; Department of Ecology and Evolution, J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Hannes
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lerp
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Klaus
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Evolution, J.W. Goethe-University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Allgöwer
authors.affiliation: Zoological Society of London, Conservation Programs, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom; King Khalid Wildlife Research Center, Saudi Wildlife Authority, P.O. Box 61681, Riyadh 11575, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wronski
authors.affiliation: Molecular Ecology Group, Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (BiK-F), 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pfenninger
authors.affiliation: College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, PR China.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plath