Striking pseudogenization in avian phylogenetics: Numts are large and common in falcons

• Published in: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
• Main Authors: Nacer, Deborah F., do Amaral, Fabio Raposo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Inc Elsevier Science 2017
• Subjects: Pseudogenes; Synology; Aves; Falconidae; Falco cherrug; Falco peregrinus; Rua; peregrine falcon
• Online Access: https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/57339; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.002

Nuclear copies of mitochondrial genes (numts) are a well-known feature of eukaryotic genomes and a concern in systematics, as they can mislead phylogenetic inferences when inadvertently used. Studies on avian numts initially based on the chicken genome suggest that numts may be uncommon and relative...