PLoS biology.
Publisher:
Public Library of Science,
Frequency: Monthly
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
Public Library of Science.
Start Year:2003 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 1544-9173 (Print) 1545-7885 (Electronic) 1544-9173 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 101183755 |
| (OCoLC): | 52292449 |
| LCCN: | 2003212293 |
| Classification: | W1 PL264 |
Evolution, systematics, and phylogeography of pleistocene horses in the new world: a molecular perspective. The rich fossil record of horses has made them a classic example of evolutionary processes. However, while the overall picture of equid evolution is well known, the details are surprisingly poorly understood, especially for the later Pliocene and Pleistocene, c. 3 million to 0.01 million years (Ma) ago, and nowhere more so than in the Americas. There is no consensus on the number of equid species or even the number of lineages that existed in these continents. Likewise, the origin of the endemic South American genus Hippidion is unresolved, as is the phylogenetic position of the "stilt-legged"...