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Chromosome painting in the manatee supports Afrotheria and Paenungulata |
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| Authors: | Margaret E Kellogg Sandra Burkett Thomas R Dennis Gary Stone Brian A Gray Peter M McGuire Roberto T Zori Roscoe Stanyon |
| Affiliation: | (1) College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, PO BOX 100245, Gainesville, FL 32610-0245, USA;(2) Comparative Molecular Cytogenetics Core, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA;(3) Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of Florida, UFHSC, PO Box 100296, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;(4) Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, College of Medicine, PO Box 100245, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA;(5) Department of Animal Biology and Genetics, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Via del Proconsolo 12, 50122 Florence, Italy |
| Abstract: | BackgroundSirenia (manatees, dugongs and Stellar's sea cow) have no evolutionary relationship with other marine mammals, despite similarities in adaptations and body shape. Recent phylogenomic results place Sirenia in Afrotheria and with elephants and rock hyraxes in Paenungulata. Sirenia and Hyracoidea are the two afrotherian orders as yet unstudied by comparative molecular cytogenetics. Here we report on the chromosome painting of the Florida manatee. |
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