Figure 3
Maximum Likelihood tree for near-complete mitochondrial genomes (15,532 bp) of all species groups and genera of extant tortoises (Testudinidae), some recently extinct taxa and the type material of Geochelone atlantica López-Jurado, Mateo and García-Márquez, 1998 (blue). Numbers at nodes are thorough bootstrap values and posterior probabilities from a Bayesian 50% majority rule consensus tree. Asterisks denote maximum support under both approaches. Codes preceding scientific names are ENA/GenBank accession numbers or, for the type material, sample IDs. ENA accession numbers for the type material of Geochelone atlantica are OU230558-OU230560. Dagger symbols indicate extinct taxa. Outgroups (Chrysemys picta, GenBank accession number AF069423; Mauremys reevesii, FJ469674) removed for clarity. Most sequences correspond to a previously published dataset14,15,16 to which four new sequences for Chelonoidis carbonarius (OU230561- OU230564) and a new GenBank sequence for Gopherus evgoodei (CM017320) were added.
