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Afrotheria

Taxonomy ID: 311790 (for references in articles please use NCBI:txid311790)
current name
Afrotheria
NCBI BLAST name: placentals
Rank: superorder
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 2 (Vertebrate Mitochondrial)
Lineage( full )
cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Opisthokonta; Metazoa; Eumetazoa; Bilateria; Deuterostomia; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Gnathostomata; Teleostomi; Euteleostomi; Sarcopterygii; Dipnotetrapodomorpha; Tetrapoda; Amniota; Mammalia; Theria; Eutheria
   Entrez records   
Database name Subtree links Direct links
Nucleotide 1,553,831 -
Protein 262,126 -
Structure 5 -
Genome 12 -
Popset 450 189
GEO Datasets 347 -
PubMed Central 6,480 735
Gene 226,481 -
SRA Experiments 4,735 -
Protein Clusters 13 -
Identical Protein Groups 212,394 -
BioProject 160 -
BioSample 1,280 -
Assembly 52 -
Taxonomy 253 1

Comments and References:

Endemic African mammals shake the phylogenetic tree (1997).
Highly congruent molecular support for a diverse superordinal clade of endemic African mammals (1998).
Protein sequence signatures support the African clade of mammals (2001).
Molecular support for Afrotheria and the polyphyly of Lipotyphla based on analyses of the growth hormone receptor gene (2002).
A new phylogenetic marker, apolipoprotein B, provides compelling evidence for eutherian relationships (2003).
Cross-species chromosome painting in the golden mole and elephant-shrew: support for the mammalian clades Afrotheria and Afroins
Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals (2001).

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

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Afrotheria taxonomy/phylogenetic Lifemap
OMA taxonomy/phylogenetic OMA Browser: Orthologous MAtrix
Wikipedia taxonomy/phylogenetic iPhylo
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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