Fig. 2
From: Sequencing and assembling bear genomes: the bare necessities
Biomedically Relevant Bear Traits and Phylogenetic Tree. Bears traits shape biomedical applications. Each bear mentioned here has a unique trait, that could benefit the field of biomedicine. The Ursidae family phylogenetic tree has been shaped by the help of reference genomes. The initial divergence within bears begins with the giant panda (A. melanoleuca) followed by the Andean bear (T. ornatus). The Asiatic black bear (M. thibetanus) is sister to the sun bear (M. malayanus) and sloth bear (M. ursinus), while the American black bear (U. Americanus) is sister to the brown bear (U. arctos) and polar bear (U. maritimus). Based on a figure by Kumar et al. [37]