The radiation of modern felines began with the divergence of the Panthera lineage. |
A series of overlapping windows representing the full range of sequence divergence were defined. |
While it was believed that dinosaurs and pterosaurs derived from the thecodonts, no one had a good idea of where the divergence had occurred. |
The divergence of the P elements is intermediate between that of each of the two host genes. |
This divergence may be explained by genomic differences between these two species that are reflected in their relative robustness. |
However, due to the ambiguity in the phylogenetic analyses, this divergence is shown as an unresolved trichotomy. |