| confrontation of morphological and molecular data: the praomys group (rodentia, murinae) as a case of adaptive convergences and morphological stasis. | phylogenetic relationships in a group of 21 african rodent species designated as the praomys group (murinae) were investigated using morphological characters and sequence data from the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and nuclear irbp gene fragment (840bp). the molecular results confirm the monophyly of the praomys group, including the species malacomys verschureni, while the other malacomys species appear very divergent. the basal relationships within the praomys group are poorly resolv ... | 2005 | 16111900 |
| cytochrome b-based phylogeny of the praomys group (rodentia, murinae): a new african radiation? | complete cytochrome b gene sequences allows, for the first time, establishing a nearly complete phylogeny among the praomys group sensu lato. the genera praomys, mastomys and stenocephalemys appear paraphyletic. myomys is polyphyletic and this genus name probably needs to be restricted to its type species, m. verreauxii. the genera zelotomys and colomys appear as sister groups. mastomys pernanus and malacomys verschureni nest within the praomys group, but their generic assignation must be furthe ... | 2002 | 12360851 |