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The Late Miocene Radiation of Modern Felidae: A Genetic Assessment

Warren E. Johnson [email protected], Eduardo Eizirik, Jill Pecon-Slattery, William J. Murphy, Agostinho Antunes, Emma Teeling, and Stephen J. O'Brien [email protected]Authors Info & Affiliations
Science
6 Jan 2006
Vol 311, Issue 5757
pp. 73-77
DOI: 10.1126/science.1122277
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Abstract

Modern felid species descend from relatively recent (<11 million years ago) divergence and speciation events that produced successful predatory carnivores worldwide but that have confounded taxonomic classifications. A highly resolved molecular phylogeny with divergence dates for all living cat species, derived from autosomal, X-linked, Y-linked, and mitochondrial gene segments (22,789 base pairs) and 16 fossil calibrations define eight principal lineages produced through at least 10 intercontinental migrations facilitated by sea-level fluctuations. A ghost lineage analysis indicates that available felid fossils underestimate (i.e., unrepresented basal branch length) first occurrence by an average of 76%, revealing a low representation of felid lineages in paleontological remains. The phylogenetic performance of distinct gene classes showed that Y-chromosome segments are appreciably more informative than mitochondrial DNA, X-linked, or autosomal genes in resolving the rapid Felidae species radiation.

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Warren E. Johnson* [email protected]
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702–1201, USA.
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Eduardo Eizirik
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702–1201, USA.
Centro de Biologia Genômica e Molecular, Faculdade de Biociências, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Avenida Ipiranga 6681, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil.
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Jill Pecon-Slattery
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702–1201, USA.
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William J. Murphy†
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702–1201, USA.
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Agostinho Antunes
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702–1201, USA.
REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Emma Teeling‡
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702–1201, USA.
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Stephen J. O'Brien* [email protected]
Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702–1201, USA.
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To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: [email protected] (W.E.J.); [email protected] (S.J.O.)

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