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MinireviewColugos: obscure mammals glide into the evolutionary limelightRobert D Martin  Department of Anthropology, The Field Museum, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA author email corresponding author email
Journal of Biology 2008,
7:13doi:10.1186/jbiol74 Abstract
Substantial molecular evidence indicates that tree-shrews, colugos and primates cluster together on the mammalian phylogenetic tree. Previously, a sister-group relationship between colugos and primates seemed likely. A new study of colugo chromosomes indicates instead an affinity between colugos and tree-shrews. |