A Composite Estimate of Primate Phylogeny

A Composite Estimate of Primate Phylogeny

This paper presents an estimate of the phylogeny of all 203 species of primate. The composite tree is derived by applying a parsimony algorithm to over a hundred previous estimates, and is well resolved, containing 160 nodes. The ages of over half the clades in the tree have been estimated from info...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 1995-06, Vol.348 (1326), p.405-421
1. Verfasser: Purvis, Andy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Algorithms
Animals
Apes
Biological evolution
Biological taxonomies
Evolution
Monkeys
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
Primates
Taxa
Term weighting
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:This paper presents an estimate of the phylogeny of all 203 species of primate. The composite tree is derived by applying a parsimony algorithm to over a hundred previous estimates, and is well resolved, containing 160 nodes. The ages of over half the clades in the tree have been estimated from information in the literature. Bootstrapping has been used to indicate the degree of certainty associated with each clade. The tree will be a useful framework for comparative biologists and shows which areas of primate phylogeny are still only sketchily known.
ISSN:0962-8436
1471-2970
DOI:10.1098/rstb.1995.0078