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From: The taxonomic status of the endangered thin-spined porcupine, Chaetomys subspinosus(Olfers, 1818), based on molecular and karyologic data

Figure 4

Divergence time estimates from the Bayesian analyses (BA), of cytochrome b sequences, of 25 hystricognaths and the outgroup. Molecular time-scale for the Hystricomorpha. The chronogram was obtained using the Maximum Clade Credibility Tree (MCC) of phylogenetic reconstructions sampled under Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method, with rates conformed to a molecular clock (CLOC). The divergence times correspond to the mean posterior estimate of their age in millions of years (Ma). The blue bars represent the 95% HPD interval for the divergence time estimates. The geological epochs are reported according to the 1999 Geologic Time Scale of the Geological Society of America (Plei = Pleistocene). ES, Espírito Santo; RJ, Rio de Janeiro; SP, São Paulo.

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