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Comparisons between mitochondrial genomes of domestic goat (Capra hircus) reveal the presence of numts and multiple sequencing errorsAlexandre Hassanin
Departement Systematique et Evolution, UMR 7205 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Muséum National d Histoire Naturelle MNHN, Paris, France
Mitochondrial DNA 21:68-76. 2010..In the present study, we amplified and sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome from a Vietnamese domestic goat (Capra hircus). The data were compared with mtDNA sequences available in the nucleotide databases...- Combining multiple autosomal introns for studying shallow phylogeny and taxonomy of Laurasiatherian mammals: Application to the tribe Bovini (Cetartiodactyla, Bovidae)Alexandre Hassanin
Muséum National d Histoire Naturelle MNHN, Departement Systematique et Evolution, UMR 7205 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, 75005 Paris, France MNHN, UMS 2700, Service de systématique moléculaire, 75005 Paris, France Electronic address
Mol Phylogenet Evol 66:766-75. 2013..We compared our molecular dating estimates to the fossil record in order to propose a biogeographic scenario for the evolution of Bovini during the Neogene... 
Evidence for multiple reversals of asymmetric mutational constraints during the evolution of the mitochondrial genome of metazoa, and consequences for phylogenetic inferencesAlexandre Hassanin
Museum national d histoire naturelle, Départment Systématique et Evolution, Case Postale, Paris, France
Syst Biol 54:277-98. 2005....- Phylogeny of Arthropoda inferred from mitochondrial sequences: strategies for limiting the misleading effects of multiple changes in pattern and rates of substitutionAlexandre Hassanin
Museum national d histoire naturelle, Departement Systematique et Evolution, UMR 5202 Origine, Structure, et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Case postale No 51, 55, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:100-16. 2006..Within Paradoxopoda, Chelicerata and Myriapoda are each found to be monophyletic, and Endeis (Pycnogonida) is, surprisingly, associated with Acari... - Has the kouprey (Bos sauveli Urbain, 1937) been domesticated in Cambodia?Alexandre Hassanin
Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, UMR 5202, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Paris, France
C R Biol 329:124-35. 2006..This implies therefore that the kouprey may have been domesticated in Cambodia, and that several extant local races may be directly related to the kouprey... 
Evolutionary affinities of the enigmatic saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) in the context of the molecular phylogeny of BovidaeA Hassanin
Laboratoire de Préhistoire UMR 6569 CNRS, Paris, France
Proc Biol Sci 266:893-900. 1999..Within Antilopinae, three robust clades are in evidence: (i) Hippotragus and Damaliscus are linked to Ovis; (ii) Aepyceros joins Neotragus; and (iii) Cephalophus clusters with Oreotragus...- Mitochondrial DNA variability in Giraffa camelopardalis: consequences for taxonomy, phylogeography and conservation of giraffes in West and central AfricaAlexandre Hassanin
UMR 5202 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, case postale n 51, 55, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
C R Biol 330:265-74. 2007..Our study has direct implications for conservation management, as we show that no subspecies peralta is represented in any European zoos, only in Niger, with a small population of less than 200 individuals... - Resolving a zoological mystery: the kouprey is a real speciesAlexandre Hassanin
UMR 5202, Origine, Structure et Evolution de Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Case postale No 51, 55, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Proc Biol Sci 274:2849-55. 2007.... - Evolution of the mitochondrial genome in mammals living at high altitude: new insights from a study of the tribe Caprini (Bovidae, Antilopinae)Alexandre Hassanin
Museum national d histoire naturelle, Departement Systematique et Evolution, UMR 7205 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Case postale No 51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France
J Mol Evol 68:293-310. 2009..In addition, we detected several changes in mitochondrial genes that should be tested for their potential role in mountain adaptation... - Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Bovini (Bovidae, Bovinae) and the taxonomic status of the Kouprey, Bos sauveli Urbain 1937Alexandre Hassanin
FRE 2695 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Case postale No 51, 55, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 33:896-907. 2004..We propose a conservation project based on a molecular taxonomy approach for tracking the kouprey in Indochina in order to determine whether some populations still survive in the wild... - The tribal radiation of the family Bovidae (Artiodactyla) and the evolution of the mitochondrial cytochrome b geneA Hassanin
Service de Systématique Moléculaire GDR 1005 CNRS, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Paris, 75005, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 13:227-43. 1999..These various tribes and major lineages were produced by two noteworthy explosive radiations, which occurred simultaneously between 12.0 and 15.3 MY (Middle Miocene) in the subfamilies Bovinae and Antilopinae... - The 'evolutionary signal' of homoplasy in protein-coding gene sequences and its consequences for a priori weighting in phylogenyA Hassanin
Laboratoire de préhistoire CNRS UMR 6569, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Paris, France
C R Acad Sci III 321:611-20. 1998..We propose to weight each substitution-type at each codon-position according to its homoplasy content evaluated either with the consistency index or with an index representing the level of mutational saturation... - Molecular evidence for the polyphyly of the genus Hemitragus (Mammalia, Bovidae)Anne Ropiquet
UMR 5202-Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversit, , , Case postale No. 51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 36:154-68. 2005.... - Nucleotide composition of CO1 sequences in Chelicerata (Arthropoda): detecting new mitogenomic rearrangementsJuliette Arabi
Departement Systematique et Evolution, UMR 7205, Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Museum national d histoire naturelle, 57, rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France
J Mol Evol 74:81-95. 2012..The results therefore indicate that these two orders are more liable to fix mutations of all types, including base substitutions, indels, and genomic rearrangements... - Hybrid origin of the Pliocene ancestor of wild goatsAnne Ropiquet
UMR 5202-Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversit, , , Case postale No. 51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 41:395-404. 2006..Our study therefore agrees with theories that predict an important role for interspecific hybridization in the evolution and diversification of animal species... - Pattern and timing of diversification of Cetartiodactyla (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria), as revealed by a comprehensive analysis of mitochondrial genomesAlexandre Hassanin
UMR 7205 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Muséum National d Histoire Naturelle MNHN, Paris, France
C R Biol 335:32-50. 2012..In addition, we show that the high species diversity now observed in the families Bovidae and Cervidae accumulated mainly during the Late Miocene and Plio-Pleistocene... - SuperTRI: A new approach based on branch support analyses of multiple independent data sets for assessing reliability of phylogenetic inferencesAnne Ropiquet
UMR 7205 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Case Postale 51, 55, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
C R Biol 332:832-47. 2009.... - Chromosome evolution in the subtribe Bovina (Mammalia, Bovidae): the karyotype of the Cambodian banteng (Bos javanicus birmanicus) suggests that Robertsonian translocations are related to interspecific hybridizationAnne Ropiquet
UMR 5202 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Case postale No 51, 55, rue Buffon, 75005, Paris, France
Chromosome Res 16:1107-18. 2008..We suggest that Robertsonian translocations (1;29) and (2;28) have been fixed in the common ancestor of Cambodian banteng as a consequence of hybridization with the kouprey (Bos sauveli) during the Pleistocene epoch... - MADS-box genes in Ginkgo biloba and the evolution of the AGAMOUS familyMuriel Jager
, , Paris, France
Mol Biol Evol 20:842-54. 2003..We showed by reverse transcriptase-PCR that it is expressed in both floral and vegetative tissues. We discuss the molecular evolution of the AGAMOUS family of genes... - Studying sources of incongruence in arthropod molecular phylogenies: sea spiders (Pycnogonida) as a case studyJuliette Arabi
UMR 7205, Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, 55, rue Buffon, CP 51, 75005 Paris, France
C R Biol 333:438-53. 2010..These hypotheses are supported by the comparison of two complete mitochondrial genomes of sea spiders (Achelia bituberculata and Nymphon gracile) with that of Limulus... - Mitochondrial and nuclear phylogenies of Cervidae (Mammalia, Ruminantia): Systematics, morphology, and biogeographyClément Gilbert
UMR 5202 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Case postale No 51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 40:101-17. 2006..Our phylogenetic inferences show that the evolution of secondary sexual characters (antlers, tusk-like upper canines, and body size) has been strongly influenced by changes in habitat and behaviour... - The enigmatic new Indochinese bovid, Pseudonovibos spiralis: an extraordinary forgeryH Thomas
Collège de France et laboratoire de paléontologie, UMR 8569 CNRS, Museum national d histoire naturelle, 8, rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
C R Acad Sci III 324:81-6. 2001..The name Pseudonovibos spiralis is thus a junior synonym of Bos taurus, yet it remains valid and available... - Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markersJ M Pons
Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, UMR 5202, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, CP 51, 55 rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 37:686-99. 2005..We propose a new systematic arrangement that better reflects their evolutionary history... - Is the newly described Vietnamese bovid Pseudonovibos spiralis a chamois (genus Rupicapra)?A Hassanin
Service de systématique moléculaire, Institut de Systématique FR 1541 CNRS, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Naturwissenschaften 87:122-4. 2000..Several clues led us to interpret this result as a carry-over DNA contamination of Pseudonovibos by Rupicapra... - Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markersNicolas Nesi
Unité Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, CP 51, 55 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris Cedex 05, France
Mol Phylogenet Evol 66:126-37. 2013..e., Myonycteris leptodon and Myonycteris torquata, respectively... - Multiple host-switching of Haemosporidia parasites in batsLinda Duval
Museum national d histoire naturelle, USM 504 et UMR 5202, 55 61 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Malar J 6:157. 2007..However, no evidence has previously been found for host-swapping between wild birds and mammals... - Phylogenetic analysis of invertebrate lysozymes and the evolution of lysozyme functionSana Bachali
UMR 7622, , , Paris, France
J Mol Evol 54:652-64. 2002..We propose that the origin of this domain can be traced back in evolution to the origin of bilaterian animals. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that i-type proteins form a monophyletic family... - DNA barcoding of African fruit bats (Mammalia, Pteropodidae). The mitochondrial genome does not provide a reliable discrimination between Epomophorus gambianus and Micropteropus pusillusNicolas Nesi
UMR, Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Paris, France
C R Biol 334:544-54. 2011..pusillus. Our work shows the failure of DNA barcoding to discriminate between two morphologically distinct fruit bat species and highlights the importance of using both mitochondrial and nuclear markers for taxonomic identification... - Phylogenetic position of the saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) inferred from cytogenetic analysis of eleven species of BovidaeT T Nguyen
UMR 5202 Origine, Structure et Evolution de la Biodiversité, Departement Systematique et Evolution, Museum national d histoire naturelle, Paris, France
Cytogenet Genome Res 122:41-54. 2008..These findings suggest that NORs are an important and frequently overlooked source of additional phylogenetic information within the Bovidae that may also have applicability at higher taxonomic levels, possibly even for Pecora... - Ancient specimens and DNA contamination: a case study from the 12S rRNA gene sequence of the "Linh Duong" bovid (Pseudonovibos spiralis)Alexandre Hassanin
Service de Biosystématique, Université Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI, France
Naturwissenschaften 89:107-10. 2002..This new study confirms earlier suggestions that the horns used to formally describe P. spiralis were bogus and were in fact derived from the horns of domesticated cattle (Bos taurus). The data suggest that P. spiralis never existed... - Molecular and morphological phylogenies of ruminantia and the alternative position of the moschidaeAlexandre Hassanin
Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Paléobiologie et Phylogénie, Institut des Sciences de l Evolution UMR 5554 CNRS, Universite Montpellier II, CC064, Place E Bataillon, 34 095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
Syst Biol 52:206-28. 2003..We propose a biogeographic scenario to explain the extraordinary expansion of this group during the Cenozoic era... - Early expression of two TdT isoforms in the hematopoietic system of the Mexican axolotl. Implications for the evolutionary origin of the N-nucleotide additionRachel Golub
, CNRS URA 1961 Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724, Paris Cedex 15, France
Immunogenetics 56:204-13. 2004..Phylogenetic analyses reveal that TdT and DNA polymerase mu(Pol mu) genes are closely related, and that both enzymes were already present in the common ancestor of jawed vertebrates... - Isolates of Zaire ebolavirus from wild apes reveal genetic lineage and recombinantsTatiana J Wittmann
Centre International de Recherches Medicales de Franceville, BP 769 Franceville, Gabon
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:17123-7. 2007..The potential for recombination adds an additional level of complexity to unraveling and potentially controlling the emergence of ZEBOV in humans and wildlife species... - Contamination and chimerism are perpetuating the legend of the snake-eating cow with twisted horns (Pseudonovibos spiralis). A case study of the pitfalls of ancient DNALink E Olson
Division of Mammals, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 27:545-8. 2003