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@WizardOfDocs@wandering.shop · 3 weeks ago

evolutionary #biology folks: it occurred to me today to wonder how closely related rodents and lagomorphs are, and that's taken me down a serious
uh
rabbit hole
but not one I can get anywhere in with my level of knowledge.

how accepted is Glires as a clade, and what's a good current source for what we know about the tree?

Steve Gisselbrecht

@stevegis_ssg@mas.to replied · 3 weeks ago

@WizardOfDocs

I'm pretty sure Glires is absolutely canonical. This looks like a decent ref (though I'm not on my work computer and haven't read past the abstract):

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12082125/

PubMed

Rodent phylogeny and a timescale for the evolution of Glires: evidence from an extensive taxon sampling using three nuclear genes - PubMed

Rodentia is the largest order of placental mammals, with approximately 2,050 species divided into 28 families. It is also one of the most controversial with respect to its monophyly, relationships between families, and divergence dates. Here, we have analyzed and compared the performance of three nu …

Terri K O 🍁

@terri@social.afront.org replied · 3 weeks ago

@WizardOfDocs I don't know the answer but I'm delighted by the "rabbit hole"

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