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- proper noun A taxonomic
superorder within thesubclass Eutheria — theelephants ,aardvarks ,golden moles ,tenrecs , etc.
Etymologies
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Ancestral elephant shrews were members of a “superorder” or “cohort” of beasts called Afrotheria that evolved in Africa more than 100 million years ago.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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All orders are labelled and major lineages are coloured as follows: black, Monotremata; orange, Marsupialia; blue, Afrotheria; yellow, Xenarthra; green, Laurasiatheria; and red, Euarchontoglires.
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All orders are labelled and major lineages are coloured as follows: black, Monotremata; orange, Marsupialia; blue, Afrotheria; yellow, Xenarthra; green, Laurasiatheria; and red, Euarchontoglires.
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We studied the AOB of the Madagascan lesser tenrec Echinops telfairi (Afrotheria: Afrosoricida) and found that Gαi2 and Gαo proteins are expressed in rostral and caudal glomeruli, respectively.
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In addition to testicondy and an increased number of thoracolumbar vertebrae, it is looking like we have another morphological synapomorphy for Afrotheria then (Asher & Lehmann 2008).
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Even when molecular trees don’t clash, they often contradict other lines of evidence see the Afrotheria hypothesis v. recent fossil discoveries, for instance.
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Neocortical neuron types in Xenarthra and Afrotheria: implications for brain evolution in mammals Paleoneurology: Neurodegenerative diseases are age-related diseases of specific brain regions recently developed by homo sapiens Glossogeny and phylogeny: cultural evolution meets genetic evolution
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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