New Insights into the Evolution of Intronic Sequences of the beta-fibrinogen Gene and Their Application in Reconstructing Mustelid Phylogeny

Mustelidae is the largest and most diverse family in the order Carnivora. The phylogenetic relationships among the subfamilies have especially long been a focus of study. Herein we are among the first to employ two new introns (4 and 7) of the nuclear P-f

This work was supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (Program 973, 2007CB411600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 30600067 and 30621092), and the Bureau of Science and Technology of Yunnan Provin