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Research overview: mitochondrial-nuclear discordance in cats
OverviewA recurring complication in felid systematics is that trees built from mitochondrial DNA often disagree with those from nuclear DNA. This overview explains why: the maternally inherited mitochondrion…
Research overview: the eight lineages of living cats
OverviewMolecular phylogenetics partitions all living cats into eight monophyletic lineages, a framework that now organizes felid taxonomy. This overview names and characterizes them: the Panthera lineage (bi…
The late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: a genetic assessment
PaperThis influential study reconstructed the molecular phylogeny of all living cat species and dated their diversification, establishing the framework of eight major felid lineages used ever since. Using…
Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, et al. · Science · 2006