期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1990
卷号：87
期号：16
页码：6127-6131
DOI：10.1073/pnas.87.16.6127
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Mitochondrial DNA sequences of both ribosomal RNA genes and three adjacent transfer RNA genes were obtained for the three extant subfamilies of antlered deer (Cervinae, Muntiacinae, and Odocoileinae) as well as for their antlerless sister group Hydropotinae (family Cervidae). Phylogenetic analysis of these sequences (each nearly 2.7 kilobase pairs in length) supports a cervine/muntiacine clade to the exclusion of odocoileines. These results are statistically significant, stable, and congruent with some independent data. Our mitochondrial DNA sequences, when coupled with other information, indicate that the earliest fossil antlered deer are not closely related to living muntiacines or any other contemporary subfamily. From this information, we hypothesize an Old World, Late Miocene origin of Odocoileinae.
