General information
Walker's Mammals of the World (2-Volume Set) (Walker's Mammals of the World) (Hardcover)
by Ronald M. Nowak

2 subgroups (Prototheria and Theria), 26 orders, and 135 families
(Wilson DE, Reeder DM. Mammal Species of the World.
A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference.
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press; 1993).

Kissling WD, et al. (2014)
Establishing macroecological trait datasets: Digitalization, extrapolation, and validation of diet preferences in terrestrial mammals worldwide. Ecol Evol 4(14):2913–2930.

MammalDIET

Review
Asher, RJ, KM Helgen. 2010.
Nomenclature and placental mammal phylogeny. BMC Evol Biol 10:102.

Springer, MS, WJ Murphy. 2007.
Mammalian evolution and biomedicine: new views from phylogeny. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 82:375-392.


Divergence times of mammals
dos Reis M, et al. (2012)
Phylogenomic datasets provide both precision and accuracy in estimating the timescale of placental mammal phylogeny. PRSB.

Meredith, RW, JE Janecka, J Gatesy, et al. 2011.
Impacts of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution and KPg extinction on mammal diversification. Science 334:521-524.

Hallström, B. M., and A. Janke. 2008.
Resolution among major placental mammal interordinal relationships with genome data imply that speciation influenced their earliest radiations. Bmc Evolutionary Biology 8:-.

Arnason, U., J. A. Adegoke, A. Gullberg, E. H. Harley, A. Janke, and M. Kullberg. 2008.
Mitogenomic relationships of placental mammals and molecular estimates of their divergences.
Gene 421:37-51.

Springer, M. S. & Murphy, W. J. 2007 [Review]
Mammalian evolution and biomedicine: new views from phylogeny. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 82, 375-92.

Bininda-Emonds ORP, Cardillo M, Jones KE, et al.
The delayed rise of present-day mammals
NATURE 446 (7135): 507-512 MAR 29 2007

Hedges SB, Kumar S [Review]
Genomic clocks and evolutionary timescales
TRENDS IN GENETICS 19 (4): 200-206 APR 2003

Hedges SB, Kumar S
Genomic clocks and evolutionary timescales
TRENDS IN GENETICS 19 (4): 200-206 APR 2003

Archibald, JD, DH Deutschman. 2001. [Fossil]
Quantitative Analysis of the Timing of the Origin and Diversification of Extant Placental Orders. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 8:107-124.

Foote, M, JP Hunter, CM Janis, JJ Sepkoski. 1999.
Evolutionary and preservational constraints on origins of biologic groups: Divergence times of eutherian mammals. Science 283:1310-1314.
and Technical comments

Kumar S, Hedges SB
A molecular timescale for vertebrate evolution
NATURE 392 (6679): 917-920 APR 30 1998

Phylogenetic relationships of basal mammalian lineages
Nishihara, H., Maruyama, S. & Okada, N. 2009
Retroposon analysis and recent geological data suggest near-simultaneous divergence of the three superorders of mammals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106, 5235-40.

Prasad, AB, MW Allard, ED Green. 2008.
Confirming the phylogeny of mammals by use of large comparative sequence data sets. Mol Biol Evol 25:1795-1808.

Nishihara, H, N Okada, M Hasegawa. 2007.
Rooting the eutherian tree: the power and pitfalls of phylogenomics. Genome Biol 8:R199.

Hallstrom, B. M., Kullberg, M., Nilsson, M. A. & Janke, A. 2007
Phylogenomic data analyses provide evidence that Xenarthra and Afrotheria are sister groups.
Mol Biol Evol 24, 2059-68.

Kjer, K. M., and R. L. Honeycutt. 2007.
Site specific rates of mitochondrial genomes and the phylogeny of eutheria.
BMC Evol Biol 7: 8.

Gibson, A., V. Gowri-Shankar, P. G. Higgs, and M. Rattray. 2005.
A comprehensive analysis of mammalian mitochondrial genome base composition and improved phylogenetic methods. Mol.Biol.Evol 22: 251-264.

Reyes, A., C. Gissi, F. Catzeflis, E. Nevo, G. Pesole, and C. Saccone. 2004.
Congruent mammalian trees from mitochondrial and nuclear genes using Bayesian methods. Mol.Biol.Evol 21: 397-403.

Murphy WJ, Pevzner PA, O'Brien SJ (Review)
Mammalian phylogenomics comes of age.
TRENDS IN GENETICS 20 (12): 631-639 DEC 2004

Hudelot C, Gowri-Shankar V, Jow H, et al.
RNA-based phylogenetic methods: application to mammalian mitochondrial RNA sequences
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 28 (2): 241-252 AUG 2003

Amrine-Madsen, H., Koepfli, K. P., Wayne, R. K. & Springer, M. S. 2003
A new phylogenetic marker, apolipoprotein B, provides compelling evidence for eutherian relationships.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28, 225-240.

Springer MS, DeBry RW, Douady C, et al.
Mitochondrial versus nuclear gene sequences in deep-level mammalian phylogeny reconstruction
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 18 (2): 132-143 FEB 2001

Root of mammalian tree
Waters PD, Dobigny G, Waddell PJ, Robinson TJ (2007)
Evolutionary History of LINE-1 in the Major Clades of Placental Mammals. PLoS
ONE 2(1): e158. HTML

van Rheede T, Bastiaans T, Boone DN, et al.
The platypus is in its place: Nuclear genes and indels confirm the sister group relation of monotremes and therians.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 23 (3): 587-597 MAR 2006

Phillips MJ, Penny D [RY-coding]
The root of the mammalian tree inferred from whole mitochondrial genomes.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 28 (2): 171-185 AUG 2003

Phylogenetic relationships of marsupials
Phillips MJ, McLenachan PA, Down C, et al.
Combined mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences resolve the interrelations of the major Australasian marsupial radiations.
SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY 55 (1): 122-137 FEB 2006

Cardillo M, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Boakes E, et al.
A species-level phylogenetic supertree of marsupials.
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 264: 11-31 Part 1 SEP 2004

Amrine-Madsen H, Scally M, Westerman M, et al.
Nuclear gene sequences provide evidence for the monophyly of australidelphian marsupials
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 28 (2): 186-196 AUG 2003

Lin YH, McLenachan PA, Gore AR, Phillips MJ, Ota R, Hendy MD, Penny D. 2002.
Four new mitochondrial genomes and the increased stability of evolutionary trees of mammals from improved taxon sampling.
Mol Biol Evol. 19: 2060-70. [PubMed]


Phylogenetic relationships of Diprotodontia
Meredith, R. W., Westerman, M. & Springer, M. S. 2009
A phylogeny of Diprotodontia (Marsupialia) based on sequences for five nuclear genes.
Mol Phylogenet Evol 51, 554-71.


Divergence time estimation of marsupials
Nilsson MA, Arnason U, Spencer PBS, et al.
Marsupial relationships and a timeline for marsupial radiation in South Gondwana.
GENE 340 (2): 189-196 OCT 13 2004

Nilsson MA, Gullberg A, Spotorno AE, Arnason U, Janke A. 2003.
Radiation of extant marsupials after the K/T boundary: evidence from complete mitochondrial genomes.
J Mol Evol. 57 Suppl 1: S3-12. [PubMed]

Phylogenetics of eutherians
Kullberg, M., M. A. Nilsson, U. Arnason, E. H. Harley, and A. Janke. 2006.
Housekeeping genes for phylogenetic analysis of eutherian relationships.
Mol Biol Evol 23:1493-1503.

Nishihara, H., M. Hasegawa, and N. Okada. 2006.
Pegasoferae, an unexpected mammalian clade revealed by tracking ancient retroposon insertions.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:9929-9934.

Poux, C., O. Madsen, E. Marquard, D. R. Vieites, W. W. de Jong, and M. Vences. 2005. [Biogeography]
Asynchronous colonization of Madagascar by the four endemic clades of primates, tenrecs, carnivores and rodents as inferred from nuclear genes.
Syst. Biol. 54:719-730.

Amrine-Madsen H, Koepfli KP, Wayne RK, et al.
A new phylogenetic marker, apolipoprotein B, provides compelling evidence for eutherian relationships
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 28 (2): 225-240 AUG 2003

Delsuc F, Scally M, Madsen O, et al.
Molecular phylogeny of living xenarthrans and the impact of character and taxon sampling on the placental tree rooting.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 19 (10): 1656-1671 OCT 2002

Arnason U, Adegoke JA, Bodin K, et al.
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): 8151-8156 JUN 11 2002

Murphy WJ, Eizirik E, O'Brien SJ, et al.
Resolution of the early placental mammal radiation using Bayesian phylogenetics.
SCIENCE 294 (5550): 2348-2351 DEC 14 2001

Murphy WJ, Eizirik E, Johnson WE, et al.
Molecular phylogenetics and the origins of placental mammals.
NATURE 409 (6820): 614-618 FEB 1 2001

Madsen O, Scally M, Douady CJ, et al.
Parallel adaptive radiations in two major clades of placental mammals
NATURE 409 (6820): 610-614 FEB 1 2001

Nikaido M, Kawai K, Cao Y, et al.
Maximum likelihood analysis of the complete mitochondrial genomes of eutherians and a reevaluation of the phylogeny of bats and insectivores
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 53 (4-5): 508-516 OCT-NOV 2001

Cao Y, Janke A, Waddell PJ, et al.
Conflict among individual mitochondrial proteins in resolving the phylogeny of eutherian orders
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 47 (3): 307-322 SEP 1998

Divergence time estimation of eutherians
Delsuc F, Vizcaino SF, Douzery EJP
Influence of Tertiary paleoenvironmental changes on the diversification of South American mammals: a relaxed molecular clock study within xenarthrans
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 4: Art. No. 11 APR 28 2004

Hasegawa M, Thorne JL, Kishino H
Time scale of eutherian evolution estimated without assuming a constant rate of molecular evolution
GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS 78 (4): 267-283 AUG 2003

Springer MS, Murphy WJ, Eizirik E, et al.
Placental mammal diversification and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 100 (3): 1056-1061 FEB 4 2003

Cao Y, Fujiwara M, Nikaido M, et al.
Interordinal relationships and timescale of eutherian evolution as inferred from mitochondrial genome data
GENE 259 (1-2): 149-158 Sp. Iss. SI DEC 23 2000

Nishihara H, Satta Y, Nikaido M, et al.
A retroposon analysis of Afrotherian phylogeny.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 22 (9): 1823-1833 SEP 2005

Murata Y, Nikaido M, Sasaki T, et al.
Afrotherian phylogeny as inferred from complete mitochondrial genomes
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 28 (2): 253-260 AUG 2003

Phylogenetics of Eulipotyphla
Nikaido M, Cao Y, Harada M, Okada N, Hasegawa M. 2003.
Mitochondrial phylogeny of hedgehogs and monophyly of Eulipotyphla.
Mol Phylogenet Evol. 28: 276-84. [PubMed]

Phylogenetics of Insectivora
Symonds MRE
Phylogeny and life histories of the 'Insectivora': controversies and consequences.
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS 80 (1): 93-128 FEB 2005

Roca AL, Bar-Gal GK, Eizirik E, et al.
Mesozoic origin for West Indian insectivores
NATURE 429 (6992): 649-651 JUN 10 2004

Nikaido M, Cao Y, Okada N, et al.
The phylogenetic relationships of insectivores with special reference to the lesser hedgehog tenrec as inferred from the complete sequence of their mitochondrial genome
GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS 78 (1): 107-112 FEB 2003

Phylogenetics of Ruminantia
Fernandez MH, Vrba ES
A complete estimate of the phylogenetic relationships in Ruminantia: a dated species-level supertree of the extant ruminants.
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS 80 (2): 269-302 MAY 2005

Phylogenetics of Cetartiodactyla [Review]
Agnarsson, I. & May-Collado, L. J. 2008
The phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla: the importance of dense taxon sampling, missing data, and the remarkable promise of cytochrome b to provide reliable species-level phylogenies.
Mol Phylogenet Evol 48, 964-85.


Phylogenetics of Cetartiodactyla
Nikaido M, Rooney AP, Okada N
Phylogenetic relationships among cetartiodactyls based on insertions of short and long interpersed elements: Hippopotamuses are the closest extant relatives of whales
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 96 (18): 10261-10266 AUG 31 1999


Phylogenetics of whales
Nikaido M, Hamilton H, Makino H, et al.
Baleen whale phylogeny and a past extensive radiation event revealed by SINE insertion analysis
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 23 (5): 866-873 MAY 2006

Sasaki T, Nikaido M, Wada S, et al.
Balaenoptera omurai is a newly discovered baleen whale that represents an ancient evolutionary lineage
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 41 (1): 40-52 OCT 2006

Sasaki T, Nikaido M, Hamilton H, Goto M, Kato H, Kanda N, Pastene L, Cao Y, Fordyce R, Hasegawa M, Okada N. 2005.
Mitochondrial phylogenetics and evolution of mysticete whales.
Syst Biol. 54: 77-90. [PubMed]

Arnason U, Gullberg A, Janke A. 2004.
Mitogenomic analyses provide new insights into cetacean origin and evolution.
Gene. 26: 27-34. [PubMed]

Nikaido M, Matsuno F, Abe H, et al.
Evolution of CHR-2 SINEs in cetartiodactyl genomes: possible evidence for the monophyletic origin of toothed whales
MAMMALIAN GENOME 12 (12): 909-915 DEC 2001

Nikaido M, Matsuno F, Hamilton H, et al.
Retroposon analysis of major cetacean lineages: The monophyly of toothed whales and the paraphyly of river dolphins
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 98 (13): 7384-7389 JUN 19 2001

Shimamura M, Abe H, Nikaido M, et al.
Genealogy of families of SINEs in cetaceans and artiodactyls: The presence of a huge superfamily of tRNA(Glu)-derived families of SINEs
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 16 (8): 1046-1060 AUG 1999

Phylogenetic position of Pholidota
Amrine-Madsen, H., Koepfli, K. P., Wayne, R. K. & Springer, M. S. 2003
A new phylogenetic marker, apolipoprotein B, provides compelling evidence for eutherian relationships.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28, 225-240.


Phylogenetics of Perissodactyla
Pitra C, Veits J
Use of mitochondrial DNA sequences to test the Ceratomorpha (Perissodactyla : Mammalia) hypothesis.
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH 38 (2): 65-72 JUN 2000

Phylogenetics of Carnivora
Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, et al.
The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment
SCIENCE 311 (5757): 73-77 JAN 6 2006

Flynn JJ, Finarelli JA, Zehr S, et al.
Molecular phylogeny of the Carnivora (Mammalia): Assessing the impact of increased sampling on resolving enigmatic relationships.
SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY 54 (2): 317-337 APR 2005


Phylogenetics of Ursidae
Yu, L., Li, Y. W., Ryder, O. A. & Zhang, Y. P. 2007
Analysis of complete mitochondrial genome sequences increases phylogenetic resolution of bears (Ursidae), a mammalian family that experienced rapid speciation.
Bmc Evolutionary Biology 7, -.


Divergence time estimation of Felidae
Johnson WE, Eizirik E, Pecon-Slattery J, et al.
The Late Miocene radiation of modern Felidae: A genetic assessment
SCIENCE 311 (5757): 73-77 JAN 6 2006

Phylogenetics of Chiroptera Tree of Life HP
Hidenori Nishihara, Masami Hasegawa, and Norihiro Okada.
Pegasoferae, an unexpected mammalian clade revealed by tracking ancient retroposon insertions.
PNAS 2006 103: 9929-9934.

Van den Bussche RA, Hoofer SR
Phylogenetic relationships among recent chiropteran families and the importance of choosing appropriate out-group taxa
JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY 85 (2): 321-330 APR 2004

Kawai K, Nikaido M, Harada M, et al.
Intra- and interfamily relationships of vespertilionidae inferred by various molecular markers including SINE insertion data.
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 55 (3): 284-301 SEP 2002

Jones KE, Purvis A, MacLarnon A, et al.
A phylogenetic supertree of the bats (Mammalia : Chiroptera)
BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS 77 (2): 223-259 MAY 2002.

Nikaido M, Harada M, Cao Y, et al.
Monophyletic origin of the order Chiroptera and its phylogenetic position among mammalia, as inferred from the complete sequence of the mitochondrial DNA of a Japanese megabat, the Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus)
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 51 (4): 318-328 OCT 2000

Divergence time estimation of Chiroptera
Teeling EC, Springer MS, Madsen O, et al.
A molecular phylogeny for bats illuminates biogeography and the fossil record
SCIENCE 307 (5709): 580-584 JAN 28 2005

Teeling EC, Madsen O, Murphy WJ, et al.
Nuclear gene sequences confirm an ancient link between New Zealand's short-tailed bat and South American noctilionoid bats
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 28 (2): 308-319 AUG 2003

Divergence time estimation of xenarthrans
Delsuc F, Vizcaino SF, Douzery EJP
Influence of Tertiary paleoenvironmental changes on the diversification of South American mammals: a relaxed molecular clock study within xenarthrans
BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY 4: Art. No. 11 APR 28 2004

Phylogenetics of xenarthrans
Moller-Krull, M., Delsuc, F., Churakov, G., Marker, C., Superina, M., Brosius, J., Douzery, E. J. & Schmitz, J. 2007
Retroposed elements and their flanking regions resolve the evolutionary history of xenarthran mammals (armadillos, anteaters, and sloths).
Mol Biol Evol 24, 2573-82.

Delsuc F, Scally M, Madsen O, et al.
Molecular phylogeny of living xenarthrans and the impact of character and taxon sampling on the placental tree rooting.
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 19 (10): 1656-1671 OCT 2002

Phylogenetics of glires
Douzery EJP, Huchon D
Rabbits, if anything, are likely Glires
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 33 (3): 922-935 DEC 2004

Meng J
Phylogeny and divergence of basal glires
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (285): 93-109 2004

Lin YH, Waddell PJ, Penny D
Pika and vole mitochondrial genomes increase support for both rodent monophyly and glires.
GENE 294 (1-2): 119-129 JUL 10 2002

Reyes A, Gissi C, Pesole G, Catzeflis F M, Saccone C
Where do rodents fit? Evidence from the complete mitochondrial genome of Sciurus vulgaris.
Mol Biol Evol 2000, 17:979-983.


Phylogenetics of Rodentia
Poux, C., Chevret, P., Huchon, D., de Jong, W. W. & Douzery, E. J. 2006 Arrival and diversification of caviomorph rodents and platyrrhine primates in South America. Syst Biol 55, 228?44.

Lin, Y. H., Waddell, P. J. & Penny, D. 2002 Pika and vole mitochondrial genomes increase support for both rodent monophyly and glires. Gene 294, 119?129.


Phylogenetics of primates
Steiper, M. E. and E. R. Seiffert 2012.
Evidence for a convergent slowdown in primate molecular rates and its implications for the timing of early primate evolution. PNAS.


Janecka, J. E., Miller, W., Pringle, T. H., Wiens, F., Zitzmann, A., Helgen, K. M., Springer, M. S. & Murphy, W. J. 2007
Molecular and genomic data identify the closest living relative of primates.
Science 318, 792-794.

Schmitz J, Zischler H
A novel family of tRNA-derived SINEs in the colugo and two new retrotransposable markers separating dermopterans from primates
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 28 (2): 341-349 AUG 2003

Ross C, Williams B, Kay RF
Phylogenetic analysis of anthropoid relationships.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 35 (3): 221-306 SEP 1998

Divergence time estimation of primates
Matsui, A., Rakotondraparany, F., Munechika, I., Hasegawa, M. & Horai, S. 2009
Molecular phylogeny and evolution of prosimians based on complete sequences of mitochondrial DNAs.
Gene 441, 53-66.

Steiper ME, Young NM. 2006
Primate molecular divergence dates
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 41 (2): 384-394 NOV
[data from Cooper et al. 2005]

Glazko GV, Koonin EV, Rogozin IB
Molecular dating: ape bones agree with chicken entrails
TRENDS IN GENETICS 21 (2): 89-92 FEB 2005

Kumar S, Filipski A, Swarna V, et al.
Placing confidence limits on the molecular age of the human-chimpanzee divergence
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 102 (52): 18842-18847 DEC 27 2005

Raaum RL, Sterner KN, Noviello CM, et al.
Catarrhine primate divergence dates estimated from complete mitochondrial genomes: concordance with fossil and nuclear DNA evidence.
JOURNAL OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 48 (3): 237-257 MAR 2005

Glazko GV, Nei M
Estimation of divergence times for major lineages of primate species
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 20 (3): 424-434 MAR 2003

Schrago, C. G., Russo, C. A. M., 2003.
Timing the origin of New World monkeys.
Mol. Biol. Evol. 20, 1620-1625.

Stauffer RL, Walker A, Ryder OA, et al.
Human and ape molecular clocks and constraints on paleontological hypotheses
JOURNAL OF HEREDITY 92 (6): 469-474 NOV-DEC 2001

Arnason U, Gullberg A, Burguete AS, Janke A. 2000.
Molecular estimates of primate divergences and new hypotheses for primate dispersal and the origin of modern humans.
Hereditas. 133: 217-28.


Divergence time estimation of New World monkeys (Platyrrhini)
Opazo, J. C., Wildman, D. E., Prychitko, T., Johnson, R. M. & Goodman, M. 2006
Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times among New World monkeys (Platyrrhini, Primates).
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40, 274-280.


Phylogenetics of Cercopithecinae (Macaca and relatives)
Tosi, A. J., Disotell, T. R., Morales, J. C. & Melnick, D. J. 2003
Cercopithecine Y-chromosome data provide a test of competing morphological evolutionary hypotheses.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27, 510-521.


Phylogenetics of human inferred from mitochondrial genome
Gonder MK, Mortensen HM, Reed FA, et al.
Whole-mtDNA genome sequence analysis of ancient African lineages
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 24 (3): 757-768 MAR 2007

Pierson MJ, Martinez-Arias R, Holland BR, et al.
Deciphering past human population movements in Oceania: Provably optimal trees of 127 mtDNA genomes
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 23 (10): 1966-1975 OCT 2006

Kivisild T, Shen PD, Wall DP, et al.
The role of selection in the evolution of human mitochondrial genomes
GENETICS 172 (1): 373-387 JAN 2006

Tanaka M, Cabrera VM, Gonzalez AM, et al.
Mitochondrial genome variation in Eastern Asia and the peopling of Japan
GENOME RESEARCH 14 (10A): 1832-1850 OCT 2004

Ingman M, Gyllensten U
Mitochondrial genome variation and evolutionary history of Australian and New Guinean aborigines
GENOME RESEARCH 13 (7): 1600-1606 JUL 2003

Ingman M, Kaessmann H, Paabo S, et al.
Mitochondrial genome variation and the origin of modern humans
NATURE 408 (6813): 708-713 DEC 7 2000