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Chandler, C. H. (2009). The phylogenetic position of the snapping turtles (chelydridae) based on nucleotide sequence data. Copeia, 2009(2), 209–213.
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| Resource type: Journal Article BibTeX citation key: Chandler2009 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Apalone, Apalone spinifera, Chelonia, Chelonia mydas, Cheloniidae, Chelydra, Chelydra serpentina, Chelydridae, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelys, Dermochelys coriacea, Emydidae, Genetik = genetics, Kinosternidae, Macrochelys, Macrochelys temminckii, Platysternidae, Platysternon, Platysternon megacephalum, Schildkröten = turtles + tortoises, Staurotypus, Staurotypus triporcatus, Sternotherus, Sternotherus odoratus, Systematik = taxonomy, Trachemys, Trachemys scripta, Trionychidae Creators: , Chandler Collection: Copeia |
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We augmented existing genetic datasets with nucleotide sequences from Recombination Activase Gene 1 (RAG-1) and an intron in the RNA fingerprint protein 35 (R35) for Macrochelys temminckii (Chelydridae), and from the nuclear gene Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate Dehydrogenase (GAPDH) for Macrochelys temminckii, Apalone spinifera (Trionychidae), Trachemys scripta (Emydidae), Sternotherus odoratus (Kinosternidae), Staurotypus triporcatus (Kinosternidae), Chelydra serpentina (Chelydridae), Dermochelys coriacea (Dermochelyidae), Platysternon megacephalum (Platysternidae), and Chelonia mydas (Cheloniidae) to address the phylogenetic relationships of the Chelydridae. Our study finds support for a sister group relationship between Chelydridae and either the clades Kinosternoidea (Kinosternidae + Dermatemydidae) or Chelonioidea (Cheloniidae + Dermochelyidae). Further analysis also suggests that the speciation events leading to these clades occurred in rapid succession, within approximately one million years of each other.
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