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Citation title: "A large phylogeny of turtles (Testudines) using molecular data".

Study name: "A large phylogeny of turtles (Testudines) using molecular data".

This study is part of submission 14093 (Status: Published).

Citation

Guillon J., Gu?ry L., Hulin V., & Girondot M. 2012. A large phylogeny of turtles (Testudines) using molecular data. Contributions to Zoology, 81(3): 147-158.

Authors

Guillon J. (submitter) 33169155687
Gu?ry L.
Hulin V.
Girondot M.

Abstract

Turtles (Testudines) form a monophyletic group with a highly distinctive body plan. The taxonomy and phylogeny of turtles are still under discussion, at least for some clades. Whereas in most previous studies, only a few species or genera were considered, we here use an extensive compilation of DNA sequences from nuclear and mitochondrial genes for more than two thirds of the total number of turtle species to infer a large phylogeny for this taxon. Our results enable us to discuss previous hypotheses on species phylogeny or taxonomy. We are thus able to discriminate between competing hypotheses and to suggest taxonomical modifications. Finally, we pinpoint the remaining ambiguities for this phylogeny and the species for which new sequences should be obtained to improve phylogenetic resolution.

Keywords

mtDNA sequence; nuDNA sequence; Reptilia; phylogenetics; taxonomy

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		@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref21895,
	 author = {Jean-Michel  Guillon and Lorele?  Gu?ry and Vincent  Hulin and Marc  Girondot},
	 title = {A large phylogeny of turtles (Testudines) using molecular data},
	 year = {2012},
	 keywords = {mtDNA sequence; nuDNA sequence; Reptilia; phylogenetics; taxonomy},
	 doi = {},
	 url = {http://},
	 pmid = {},
	 journal = {Contributions to Zoology},
	 volume = {81},
	 number = {3},
	 pages = {147--158},
	 abstract = {Turtles (Testudines) form a monophyletic group with a highly distinctive body plan. The taxonomy and phylogeny of turtles are still under discussion, at least for some clades. Whereas in most previous studies, only a few species or genera were considered, we here use an extensive compilation of DNA sequences from nuclear and mitochondrial genes for more than two thirds of the total number of turtle species to infer a large phylogeny for this taxon. Our results enable us to discuss previous hypotheses on species phylogeny or taxonomy. We are thus able to discriminate between competing hypotheses and to suggest taxonomical modifications. Finally, we pinpoint the remaining ambiguities for this phylogeny and the species for which new sequences should be obtained to improve phylogenetic resolution. }
}

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		TY  - JOUR
ID  - 21895
AU  - Guillon,Jean-Michel 
AU  - Gu?ry,Lorele? 
AU  - Hulin,Vincent 
AU  - Girondot,Marc 
T1  - A large phylogeny of turtles (Testudines) using molecular data
PY  - 2012
KW  - mtDNA sequence; nuDNA sequence; Reptilia; phylogenetics; taxonomy
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
N2  - Turtles (Testudines) form a monophyletic group with a highly distinctive body plan. The taxonomy and phylogeny of turtles are still under discussion, at least for some clades. Whereas in most previous studies, only a few species or genera were considered, we here use an extensive compilation of DNA sequences from nuclear and mitochondrial genes for more than two thirds of the total number of turtle species to infer a large phylogeny for this taxon. Our results enable us to discuss previous hypotheses on species phylogeny or taxonomy. We are thus able to discriminate between competing hypotheses and to suggest taxonomical modifications. Finally, we pinpoint the remaining ambiguities for this phylogeny and the species for which new sequences should be obtained to improve phylogenetic resolution. 
L3  - 
JF  - Contributions to Zoology
VL  - 81
IS  - 3
SP  - 147
EP  - 158
ER  -