@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref16662,
author = {Sharon L. Messenger and Jimmy A. McGuire},
title = {Morphology, molecules, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans.},
year = {1998},
keywords = {Cetacea; DNA sequences; likelihood-ratio test; molecular clock; morphology; Mysticeti; Odontoceti; partition-homogeneity test; phylogeny; Templeton test},
doi = {10.1080/106351598261058},
url = {},
pmid = {},
journal = {Systematic Biology},
volume = {47},
number = {},
pages = {90--124},
abstract = {Recent phylogenetic analyses of cetacean relationships based on DNA sequence data have challenged the traditional view that baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti) are each monophyletic, arguing instead that baleen whales are the sister group of the odontocete family Physeteridae (sperm whales). We reexamined this issue in light of a morphological data set composed of 207 characters and molecular data sets of published 12S, 16S, and cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA sequences. We reach four primary conclusions: (1) our morphological data set strongly supports the traditional view of odontocete monophyly; (2) the unrooted molecular and morphological trees are very similar, and most of the conflict results from alternative rooting positions; (3) the rooting position of the molecular tree is sensitive to choice of artiodactyl outgroup taxa and the treatment of two small but ambiguously aligned regions of the 12S and 16S sequences, whereas the morphological root is strongly supported; and (4) combined analyses of the morphological and molecular data provide a well-supported phylogenetic estimate consistent with that based on the morphological data alone (and the traditional view of toothed-whale monophyly) but with increased bootstrap support at nearly every node of the tree. (Cetacea, DNA sequences, likelihood-ratio test, molecular clock, morphology, Mysticeti, Odontoceti, partition homogeneity test, phylogeny, Templeton test).}
}
Citation for Study 322
Citation title:
"Morphology, molecules, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans.".
This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S241
(Status: Published).
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Messenger S., & Mcguire J. 1998. Morphology, molecules, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans. Systematic Biology, 47: 90-124.
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Abstract
Recent phylogenetic analyses of cetacean relationships based on DNA sequence data have challenged the traditional view that baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti) are each monophyletic, arguing instead that baleen whales are the sister group of the odontocete family Physeteridae (sperm whales). We reexamined this issue in light of a morphological data set composed of 207 characters and molecular data sets of published 12S, 16S, and cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA sequences. We reach four primary conclusions: (1) our morphological data set strongly supports the traditional view of odontocete monophyly; (2) the unrooted molecular and morphological trees are very similar, and most of the conflict results from alternative rooting positions; (3) the rooting position of the molecular tree is sensitive to choice of artiodactyl outgroup taxa and the treatment of two small but ambiguously aligned regions of the 12S and 16S sequences, whereas the morphological root is strongly supported; and (4) combined analyses of the morphological and molecular data provide a well-supported phylogenetic estimate consistent with that based on the morphological data alone (and the traditional view of toothed-whale monophyly) but with increased bootstrap support at nearly every node of the tree. (Cetacea, DNA sequences, likelihood-ratio test, molecular clock, morphology, Mysticeti, Odontoceti, partition homogeneity test, phylogeny, Templeton test).
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Cetacea; DNA sequences; likelihood-ratio test; molecular clock; morphology; Mysticeti; Odontoceti; partition-homogeneity test; phylogeny; Templeton test
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref16662,
author = {Sharon L. Messenger and Jimmy A. McGuire},
title = {Morphology, molecules, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans.},
year = {1998},
keywords = {Cetacea; DNA sequences; likelihood-ratio test; molecular clock; morphology; Mysticeti; Odontoceti; partition-homogeneity test; phylogeny; Templeton test},
doi = {10.1080/106351598261058},
url = {},
pmid = {},
journal = {Systematic Biology},
volume = {47},
number = {},
pages = {90--124},
abstract = {Recent phylogenetic analyses of cetacean relationships based on DNA sequence data have challenged the traditional view that baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti) are each monophyletic, arguing instead that baleen whales are the sister group of the odontocete family Physeteridae (sperm whales). We reexamined this issue in light of a morphological data set composed of 207 characters and molecular data sets of published 12S, 16S, and cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA sequences. We reach four primary conclusions: (1) our morphological data set strongly supports the traditional view of odontocete monophyly; (2) the unrooted molecular and morphological trees are very similar, and most of the conflict results from alternative rooting positions; (3) the rooting position of the molecular tree is sensitive to choice of artiodactyl outgroup taxa and the treatment of two small but ambiguously aligned regions of the 12S and 16S sequences, whereas the morphological root is strongly supported; and (4) combined analyses of the morphological and molecular data provide a well-supported phylogenetic estimate consistent with that based on the morphological data alone (and the traditional view of toothed-whale monophyly) but with increased bootstrap support at nearly every node of the tree. (Cetacea, DNA sequences, likelihood-ratio test, molecular clock, morphology, Mysticeti, Odontoceti, partition homogeneity test, phylogeny, Templeton test).}
}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 16662
AU - Messenger,Sharon L.
AU - McGuire,Jimmy A.
T1 - Morphology, molecules, and the phylogenetics of cetaceans.
PY - 1998
KW - Cetacea; DNA sequences; likelihood-ratio test; molecular clock; morphology; Mysticeti; Odontoceti; partition-homogeneity test; phylogeny; Templeton test
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/106351598261058
N2 - Recent phylogenetic analyses of cetacean relationships based on DNA sequence data have challenged the traditional view that baleen whales (Mysticeti) and toothed whales (Odontoceti) are each monophyletic, arguing instead that baleen whales are the sister group of the odontocete family Physeteridae (sperm whales). We reexamined this issue in light of a morphological data set composed of 207 characters and molecular data sets of published 12S, 16S, and cytochrome b mitochondrial DNA sequences. We reach four primary conclusions: (1) our morphological data set strongly supports the traditional view of odontocete monophyly; (2) the unrooted molecular and morphological trees are very similar, and most of the conflict results from alternative rooting positions; (3) the rooting position of the molecular tree is sensitive to choice of artiodactyl outgroup taxa and the treatment of two small but ambiguously aligned regions of the 12S and 16S sequences, whereas the morphological root is strongly supported; and (4) combined analyses of the morphological and molecular data provide a well-supported phylogenetic estimate consistent with that based on the morphological data alone (and the traditional view of toothed-whale monophyly) but with increased bootstrap support at nearly every node of the tree. (Cetacea, DNA sequences, likelihood-ratio test, molecular clock, morphology, Mysticeti, Odontoceti, partition homogeneity test, phylogeny, Templeton test).
L3 - 10.1080/106351598261058
JF - Systematic Biology
VL - 47
IS -
SP - 90
EP - 124
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