Molecular Systematics Group
Evolutionary molecular systematics
of vertebrates
Publications 1996-2008
2008
Kullberg M, Janke A, Härlid A, Nilsson MA (2008) Investigating the impact of fossil calibrations points, codon positions and relaxed clock methods on the divergence time estimates of the native Australian rodents. System Biol (submitted).
Hallström BM, Janke A (2008) Resolution among major placental mammal interordinal relationships with genome data imply that speciation influenced their earliest radiations. BMC (in press).
Arnason U, Adegoke JA, Gullberg A, Harley EH, Janke A, and Kullberg M (2008) Mitogenomic relationships of placental mammals and molecular estimates of their divergences. Mol Biol Evol (in press).
Hiendleder S, Lewalski H, Wolf E, Janke A (2008) Complete mitochondrial genomes of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle provide novel aspects for taxonomy and domestication and reveal extent of intraspecific variation. Cytogenet Cell Genet (in press).
2007
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A, Kullberg M (2007) Mitogenomic analyses of caniform relationships. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2007 Jul 12 [Epub ahead of print].
Kullberg M, Hallström B, Arnason U, Janke A (2007) Expressed sequence tags as a tool for phylogenetic analysis of placental mammal evolution. PLoS ONE.2(1):e775.
Hallström BM, Kullberg M, Nilsson MA, Janke A (2007) Phylogenomic data analyses provide evidence that Xenarthra and Afrotheria are sister groups. Mol Biol Evol 24:2059-2068.
Roos J, Aggarwal RK, Janke A (2007) Extended mitogenomic phylogenetic analyses yield new insight into crocodylian evolution and their survival of the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary. Mol Phylogenet Evol 45:663-673.
2006
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A, Kullberg M, Lehman N, Petrov EA, Vainola R (2006) Pinniped phylogeny and a new hypothesis for their origin and dispersal. Mol Phylogenet Evol 41:345-54.
Kullberg M, Nilsson MA, Arnason U, Harley EH, Janke A (2006) Housekeeping genes for phylogenetic analysis of eutherian relationships. Mol Biol Evol 23:1493-1503.
Douglas DA, Janke A, Arnason U (2006) A mitogenomic study on the phylogenetic position of snakes. Zoologica Scripta 35:545-558.
2005
Janke A, Gullberg A, Hughes S, Aggarwal RK, Arnason U (2005) Mitogenomic analysis provides divergence times of crocodilians and places the gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) on the crocodile tree. J Mol Evol 61:620-626.
2004
Nilsson MA, Arnason U, Spencer PB, Janke A (2004) Marsupial relationships and a timeline for marsupial radiation in South Gondwana. Gene 340:189-196.
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A, Joss J, Elmerot C (2004) Mitogenomic analyses of deep gnathostome divergences: a fish is a fish. Gene 333C:61-70.
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A (2004) Mitogenomic analyses provide new insights into cetacean origin and evolution. Gene 333C:27-34.
2003
Misawa K, Janke A (2003) Revisiting the Glires concept - phylogenetic analysis of nuclear sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 20:320-327.
Nilsson M, Gullberg A, Spotorno AE, Arnason U, Janke A (2003) Radiation of marsupials after the K/T-boundary: evidence from complete mitochondrial genomes. J Mol Evol 57:S3-S12 Suppl 1.
Slack KE, Janke A, Penny D, Arnason U (2003) Two new avian mitochondrial genomes (penguin and goose) and a summary of bird and reptile mitogenomic features. Gene 302:43-52.
2002
Arnason U, Adegoke JA, Bodin K, Born EW, Esa YB, Gullberg A, Nilsson M, Short RV, Xu X, Janke A (2002) Mammalian mitogenomic relationships and the root of the eutherian tree. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 99:8151-8156.
Arnason U, Janke A (2002) Mitogenomic analyses of eutherian relationships. Cytogenet Genome Res 96:20-32.
Elmerot C, Arnason U, Gojobori T, Janke A (2002) The mitochondrial genome of the pufferfish, Fugu rubripes, and ordinal teleostian relationships. Gene 295:163-172.
Hiendleder S, Kaupe B, Wassmuth R, Janke A (2002) Molecular analysis of wild and domestic sheep questions current nomenclature and provides evidence for domestication from two different subspecies. Proc Roy Soc Lond B 269:893-904.
Janke A, Magnell O, Wiezcorek G, Westerman M, Arnason U (2002) Phylogenetic Analysis of 18SrDNA and Mitochondrial Genomes of the Wombat, Vombatus ursinus, and the Spiny Anteater, Tachyglossus aculeatus: Increased Support for the Marsupionta Hypothesis. J Mol Evol 54:71-80.
Madsen O, Willemsen D, Ursing BM, Arnason U, de Jong WW (2002) Molecular evolution of the mammalian Alpha 2B adrenergic receptor. Mol Biol Evol 19:2150-2160.
Moum T, Arnason U, Arnason E (2002) Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Evolution and Phylogeny of the Atlantic Alcidae, Including the Extinct Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis). Mol Biol Evol 19:1434-9.
2001
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A (2001) Molecular phylogenetics of gnathostomous (jawed) fishes: old bones, new cartilage. Zool Scripta 30:249-255.
Delarbre C, Rasmussen AS, Arnason U, Gachelin G (2001) The complete mitochondrial genome of the hagfish Myxine glutinosa: unique features of the control region. J Mol Evol 53:634-41.
Janke A, Arnason U (2001) Primate Divergence Times. In: All Apes Great and small, Volume I: Chimpanzees, Bonobos and Gorillas, pp 19-34. Editors: BM Galdikas, N Briggs, LK Sheeran, GL Shapiro, J Goodall. Kluver NY, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow.
Janke A, Erpenbeck D, Nielsson M, Arnason U (2001) The mitochondrial genomes of a lizard, Iguana iguana, and the caiman, Caiman crocodylus: implications for amniotes phylogeny. Proc Roy Soc Lond B 268:623-631.
Mouchaty SK, Catzflis F, Janke A, Arnason U (2001) Molecular evidence of an African Phiomorph-South American Caviomorpha clade and support for the Hystricognathi based on the complete mitochondrial genome of the cane rat (Thryonomys swinderianus). Mol Phyl Evol 18:127-135.
2000
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Gretarsdottir S, Ursing B, Janke A (2000) The complete mitochondrial genome of the sperm whale and the establishment of a new molecular reference for estimating eutherian divergence dates. J Mol Evol 50:569-578.
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Schweizer Burguette A, Janke A (2000) Molecular estimates of primate divergences and new hypotheses for primate dispersal and the origin of modern humans. Hereditas 133:217-228.
Mouchaty SK, Gullberg A, Janke A, Arnason U (2000) Phylogenetic position of the tenrecs (Mammalia: Tenrecidae) of Madagascar based on analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome. Zool Scripta 29:307-317.
Mouchaty S, Janke A, Arnason U (2000) The phylogenetic position of the Talpidae within Eutheria based on analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes. Mol Biol Evol 17:60-67.
1999
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A (1999) The mitochondrial DNA molecule of the aardvark, Orycteropus afer, and the position of the tubulidentata in the mammalian tree. Proc Roy Soc Lond B 266:339-345.
Härlid A, Arnason U (1999) Analysis of mitochondrial DNA nest ratite birds within the Neognathae - supporting a neotenous origin of ratite morphological characters. Proc R Soc London B 266:305-309.
Rasmussen A-S, Arnason U (1999) Molecular studies suggest that cartilaginous fishes have a terminal position in the piscine tree. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96:2177-2182.
Rasmussen A-S, Arnason U (1999) Phylogenetic studies of complete mitochondrial DNA molecules place cartilaginous fishes within the tree of bony fishes. J Mol Evol 48:118-123.
1998
Arnason U (1998) Response. J Mol Evol 46:379-81.
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A (1998) Molecular timing of primate divergences as estimated by two nonprimate calibration points. J Mol Evol 47:718-727.
Cao Y, Janke A, Waddell PJ, Westerman M, Takenaka O, Murata S, Okada N, Pääbo S, Hasegawa M (1998) Conflict among individual mitochondrial proteins in resolving the phylogeny of eutherian orders. J Mol Evol 47:307-322.
Gissi C, Gullberg A, Arnason U (1998) The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus. Genomics 50:161-169.
Härlid A, Janke A, Arnason U (1998) The complete mitochonrial genome of Rhea americana and early avian divergencies. J Mol Evol 46:669-679.
Hiendleder S, Lewalski H, Wassmuth R, Janke A (1998) The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and comparison with the other major ovine haplotype. J Mol Evol 47:441-448.
Rasmussen A-S, Janke A, Arnason U (1998) The mitochondrial DNA molecule of the hagfish (Myxine glutinosa) and consideration of vertebrate phylogenetic relationships. J Mol Evol 46:382-388.
Ursing BM, Arnason U (1998) Analyses of mitochondrial genomes strongly support a hippopotamus-whale clade. Proc R Soc Lond B 265:2251-2255.
Ursing BM, Arnason U (1998) The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the pig (Sus scrofa). J Mol Evol 47:302-306.
1997
Janke A, Xu X, Arnason U (1997) The complete mitochondrial genome of the wallaroo (Macropus robustus) and the phylogentic relationship among Monotremata, Marsupialia and Eutheria. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 94:1276-1281.
1996
Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A, Xu X (1996) Pattern and Timing of Evolutionary Divergences Among Hominoids Based on Analyses of Complete mtDNAs. J Mol Evol 43:650-661.
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