Molecular and paleontological evidence for a post-Cretaceous origin of rodents.
The timing of the origin and diversification of rodents remains controversial, due to conflicting results from molecular clocks and paleontological data. The fossil record tends to support an early Cenozoic origin of crown-group rodents. In contrast, most molecular studies place the origin and initi...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012
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