A Molecular Phylogeny of Two Extinct Slo
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Alex D. Greenwood; Jose Castresana; Gertraud Feldmaier-Fuchs; Svante Pääbo
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Xenarthra (Edentata) is an extremely diverse mammalian order whose modern representatives are the armadillos, anteaters, and sloths. The phylogeny of these groups is poorly resolved. This is particularly true for the sloths (phyllophagans), originally a large and diverse group now reduced to two gen