Research article summary (published 30 May 2000):

Linguistic analysis in phylogeny estimation: a case study of mtDNAs of Bovidae.

Full Abstract

Molecular phylogenetic studies are executed by the alignment of protein or nucleotide sequences, followed by the construction of trees according either to distance, parsimony or maximum likelihood methods. Linguistic analysis was investigated here as an alternative method to aligning sequences. In an empirical study, we inferred trees for a variable number of Bovidae and sister taxa based on three different mitochondrial orthologous sequences. Comparison of our results with existing phylogenies indicated that the method, except for some still disputable points, was able to establish sensible systematic relationships, similar to patterns of radiation of the family found in recent studies.

Author information

Author/s: Jacoby, C P (CP); Fonseca, C G (CG);

Affiliation: Departamento de Zootecnia, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brasil. clgrac(-atsign-)icb.ufmg.br

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Journal: Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics (J Biomol Struct Dyn), published in UNITED STATES. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2000-Jun; vol 17 (issue 6) : pp 1047-55

Dates: Created 2000/11/13; Completed 2000/12/28; Revised 2006/11/15;

PMID: 10949171, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 2/18/2009)

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Animals Cattle - classification; genetics DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics Likelihood Functions

Likelihood Functions Linguistics Models, Genetic Phylogeny

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Associated Chemicals: DNA, Mitochondrial (0)

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