



“Fossils allow researchers to establish the timing of various branching points on the tree by setting a minimum date for the appearance of a particular lineage,” said Upham. Next, the scientists used 22 well-studied fossils to calibrate this set of branches on the rodent tree of life. By sequencing both classes of DNA, the researchers could recover and resolve the group’s entire history. Mitochondrial sequences tend to be fast-evolving and informative about recent evolutionary splits, while nuclear genes tend to evolve more slowly and shed light on more ancient divergence events. The team began their analysis by examining mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences from 200 species representing all lineages of this group, generated in The Field Museum’s Pritzker Lab and other labs in Canada and Brazil. I hope you enjoy, and try and stay tuned for more exciting fun.In the first study of its scope, Patterson and graduate student Nate Upham (now a Field Museum Research Associate and post-doc at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada) justified putting naked mole-rats in a family of their own by comparing DNA, fossils, and characteristics listed in scientific literature. Learning " how to draw Rufus" is going to be fairly easy, and when you're done you will have Ron's pet to actually stand by his side. Nowadays Ron has a new best friend, and somebody he can really talk to, even if he doesn't actually talk back. He bought the odd looking naked mole and named him Rufus. One day Ron went to a Smarty Mart and came across this animal that looked free from all aliments that can cause his father to be allergic. Now since Ron's dad has real bad allergies, the only type of animal he could have as a pet is something without any fur, hair, or anything else that produces pet dander.

You see, Ron has always had an imaginary friend that he called Rufus. I know what your thinking, “why on earth would somebody want to have a naked mole for a pet”? The question is a good one, but the reason why Ron has a pet mole is even better. He isn't any mole though, he is a naked mole as well as an accomplice to Kim and Ron whenever that go on missions. If you are one of those members that asked for this lesson, you already know that Rufus is Ron's pet mole. Lately I have been getting a ton of e-mails asking if I can make a tutorial on " how to draw Rufus", step by step. Kim Possible is a cartoon series that has been airing for quite some time now, and its amazing me that I still get requests for lessons on some of the shows characters.
