The nucleotide sequence of the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene has been
determined and compared for 51 species of the family Bovidae and 10 potential pecoran and …

The order Cetartiodactyla includes cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) that are
found in all oceans and seas, as well as in some rivers, and artiodactyls (ruminants, pigs, …

Abstract Knowledge of the origin and reservoir of the coronavirus responsible for the
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is still fragmentary. To date, the closest relatives to SARS-CoV-2 …

The first recorded human outbreak of Ebola virus was in 1976, but the wild reservoir of this
virus is still unknown 1 . Here we test for Ebola in more than a thousand small vertebrates that …

The ruminants constitute the largest group of ungulates, with >190 species, and its distribution
is widespread throughout all continents except Australia and Antarctica. Six families are …

The kouprey is a very rare bovid species of the Indochinese peninsula, and no living specimen
has been described for a long time, suggesting that it is possibly extinct. Its systematic …

Mitochondrial sequences are widely used for species identification and for studying
phylogenetic relationships among closely related species or populations of the same species. …

The large virus family Paramyxoviridae includes some of the most significant human and
livestock viruses, such as measles-, distemper-, mumps-, parainfluenza-, Newcastle disease-, …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences are commonly used for inferring phylogenetic
relationships. However, the strand-specific bias in the nucleotide composition of the mtDNA, …

The family Cervidae includes 40 species of deer distributed throughout the northern hemisphere,
as well as in South America and Southeast Asia. Here, we examine the phylogeny of …