2007
High Incidence of Nonslippage Mechanisms Generating Variability and Complexity in Eurasian Badger Microsatellites
López-Giráldez F, Marmi J, Domingo-Roura X. High Incidence of Nonslippage Mechanisms Generating Variability and Complexity in Eurasian Badger Microsatellites. Journal Of Heredity 2007, 98: 620-628. PMID: 17728273, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esm068.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2006
Mitochondrial DNA reveals a strong phylogeographic structure in the badger across Eurasia
MARMI J, LÓPEZ‐GIRÁLDEZ F, MACDONALD DW, CALAFELL F, ZHOLNEROVSKAYA E, DOMINGO‐ROURA X. Mitochondrial DNA reveals a strong phylogeographic structure in the badger across Eurasia. Molecular Ecology 2006, 15: 1007-1020. PMID: 16599963, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2006.02747.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogeographic groupsAsian badgersMitochondrial DNAMitochondrial DNA control regionStrong phylogeographic structureDNA control regionWidespread geographic rangeMedian-joining networkTamura-Nei modelEurasian badgerPhylogeographic structureGenetic structuringBiogeographic processesMolecular varianceGroups of populationsLarge geographic variabilityEvolutionary significanceMantel testEnd of PlioceneMolecular dataControl regionGenetic variationGeographic rangeMorphological charactersRate heterogeneity
2005
Phylogenetic inference and comparative evolution of a complex microsatellite and its flanking regions in carnivores
DOMINGO-ROURA X, LÓPEZ-GIRÁLDEZ F, SAEKI M, MARMI J. Phylogenetic inference and comparative evolution of a complex microsatellite and its flanking regions in carnivores. Genetics Research 2005, 85: 223-233. PMID: 16174341, DOI: 10.1017/s0016672305007512.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhylogenetic inferenceRepetitive motifsFlanking regionsBasal positionNon-coding lociAncestral DNA sequencesShort repetitive motifsHigh mutation rateRepeat additionDNA sequencesCarnivore phylogenyComplex microsatelliteMutational changesCarnivore speciesMutation rateMonotypic familyAilurus fulgensRed pandaMutational hotspotsTree topologyLociRepeat expansionComparative evolutionMeles melesDeletion