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Approaches to the resolution of contradictions between phylogenetic reconstructions based on morphofunctional and genetic data

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Essential differences between genetic and morphofunctional characteristics as sources of information about evolutionary development are discussed using examples of mammal taxa. The approaches to combined analysis of data characterizing different levels of biological organization in phylogenetic reconstructions are considered using examples of certain mammalian taxa.

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Rautian, G.S., Rossina, V.V. & Rautian, A.S. Approaches to the resolution of contradictions between phylogenetic reconstructions based on morphofunctional and genetic data. Paleontol. J. 40, S508–S523 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S003103010610011X

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