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Clade of rodents and lagomorphs
Glires ([
citation needed ] , Latin glīrēs '
dormice ') is a
clade (sometimes
ranked as a grandorder) consisting of
rodents and
lagomorphs (
rabbits ,
hares , and
pikas ). The hypothesis that these form a
monophyletic group has been long debated based on morphological evidence. Two morphological studies, published in 2001 and 2003, strongly support the monophyly of Glires. In particular, the 2003 study reported the discovery of
fossil material of
basal members of Glires, particularly the
genera
Mimotona ,
Gomphos ,
Heomys ,
Matutinia ,
Rhombomylus , and
Sinomylus . Their description, in 2005, helped to bridge the gap between more typical rodents and lagomorphs. Data published in 2001, based on
nuclear DNA, supported Glires as a sister of
Euarchonta to form
Euarchontoglires , but some genetic data from both nuclear and
mitochondrial DNA have been less supportive. A study, published in 2007, investigating
retrotransposon
presence/absence data unambiguously supports the Glires hypothesis. Studies published in 2011
[8] and 2015
[9] place
Scandentia as a sister clade of the Glires, invalidating Euarchonta as a clade.
Citations
^ Meredith, Robert W.; Janečka, Jan E.; Gatesy, John; Ryder, Oliver A.; Fisher, Colleen A.; Teeling, Emma C.; Goodbla, Alisha; Eizirik, Eduardo; Simão, Taiz L. L. (2011-10-28). "Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg Extinction on Mammal Diversification". Science . 334 (6055): 521–524.
Bibcode :
2011Sci...334..521M .
doi :
10.1126/science.1211028 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
21940861 .
S2CID
38120449 .
^ Zhou, Xuming; Sun, Fengming; Xu, Shixia; Yang, Guang; Li, Ming (2015-03-01). "The position of tree shrews in the mammalian tree: Comparing multi-gene analyses with phylogenomic results leaves monophyly of Euarchonta doubtful". Integrative Zoology . 10 (2): 186–198.
doi :
10.1111/1749-4877.12116 .
ISSN
1749-4877 .
PMID
25311886 .
General and cited sources
Asher RJ, Meng J, Wible JR, et al. (February 2005). "Stem Lagomorpha and the antiquity of Glires". Science . 307 (5712): 1091–4.
Bibcode :
2005Sci...307.1091A .
doi :
10.1126/science.1107808 .
PMID
15718468 .
S2CID
42090505 .
Madsen O, Scally M, Douady CJ, et al. (February 2001). "Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals". Nature . 409 (6820): 610–4.
Bibcode :
2001Natur.409..610M .
doi :
10.1038/35054544 .
PMID
11214318 .
S2CID
4398233 .
Meng J, Hu Y, Li C (2003).
"The osteology of Rhombomylus (Mammalia, Glires): implications for phylogeny and evolution of Glires" . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 275 : 1–247.
doi :
10.1206/0003-0090(2003)275<0001:TOORMG>2.0.CO;2 .
hdl :
2246/442 .
Meng J, Wyss AR (2001). "The morphology of Tribosphenomys (Rodentiaformes, Mammalia): phylogenetic implications for basal Glires". Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 8 (1): 1–71.
doi :
10.1023/A:1011328616715 .
S2CID
22968979 .
Murphy WJ, Eizirik E, Johnson WE, Zhang YP, Ryder OA, O'Brien SJ (February 2001). "Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals". Nature . 409 (6820): 614–8.
Bibcode :
2001Natur.409..614M .
doi :
10.1038/35054550 .
PMID
11214319 .
S2CID
4373847 .
Arnason U, Adegoke JA, Bodin K, et al. (June 2002).
"Mammalian mitogenomic relationships and the root of the eutherian tree" . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 99 (12): 8151–6.
Bibcode :
2002PNAS...99.8151A .
doi :
10.1073/pnas.102164299 .
PMC
123036 .
PMID
12034869 .
Kriegs JO, Churakov G, Jurka J, Brosius J, Schmitz J (April 2007). "Evolutionary history of 7SL RNA-derived SINEs in Supraprimates". Trends in Genetics . 23 (4): 158–61.
doi :
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PMID
17307271 .