Remarkable species diversity in Malagasy mouse lemurs (primates, Microcebus).
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SUBMITTER: Yoder AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC17199 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Oct
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Remarkable species diversity in Malagasy mouse lemurs (primates, Microcebus).
Yoder A D AD Rasoloarison R M RM Goodman S M SM Irwin J A JA Atsalis S S Ravosa M J MJ Ganzhorn J U JU
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20001001 21
Phylogenetic analysis of mtDNA sequence data confirms the observation that species diversity in the world's smallest living primate (genus Microcebus) has been greatly underestimated. The description of three species new to science, and the resurrection of two others from synonymy, has been justified on morphological grounds and is supported by evidence of reproductive isolation in sympatry. This taxonomic revision doubles the number of recognized mouse lemur species. The molecular data and phyl ...[more]
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