abstract：:Chicken repeat 1 (CR1) is a taxonomically widespread non-LTR retrotransposon. Recent CR1 retrotranspositions in waterfowl suggested that, unlike chicken at least one subfamily remains active. Based on sequence information from 143 CR1 loci, six distinct groups of CR1 within the waterfowl coscoroba each with unique 3' ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： St John J,Quinn TW

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendroctonus mexicanus is polyphagous within the Pinus genus and has a wide geographical distribution in Mexico and Guatemala. We examined the pattern of genetic variation across the range of this species to explore its demographic history and its phylogeographic pattern. Analysis of the mtDNA sequences of 173 individ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Anducho-Reyes MA,Cognato AI,Hayes JL,Zúñiga G

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogeny of Nolana (Solanaceae), a genus primarily distributed in the coastal Atacama and Peruvian deserts with a few species in the Andes and one species endemic to the Galápagos Islands, was reconstructed using sequences of four plastid regions (ndhF, psbA-trnH, rps16-trnK and trnC-psbM) and the nuclear LEAFY s...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Tu T,Dillon MO,Sun H,Wen J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study details the phylogeographic pattern of the white-throated dipper (Cinclus cinclus), a Palearctic, temperate, passerine bird that is exclusively associated with flowing water. Our results reveal a complex phylogeographic structure with at least five distinct lineages for the Western Palearctic region. As for...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Hourlay F,Libois R,D'Amico F,Sarà M,O'Halloran J,Michaux JR

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequence data from a mitochondrial gene (16S) and two nuclear genes (c-mos, RAG-1) were used to evaluate the monophyly of the genus Coleodactylus, to provide the first phylogenetic hypothesis of relationships among its species in a cladistic framework, and to estimate the relative timing of species divergen...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Geurgas SR,Rodrigues MT,Moritz C

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of the approximately 80-90 species in subtribe Arctotidinae occur in southern Africa with the centre of diversity in the winter-rainfall region. Three species are restricted to afromontane eastern Africa and three species are endemic to Australia. To investigate biogeographic and phylogenetic relationship...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： McKenzie RJ,Barker NP

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent generalisations about polyploidy in plants have been largely based on studies of angiosperms. A compelling group to compare with angiosperms is ferns, because of their high polyploidy. The bi-parental inheritance of nuclear DNA sequence markers makes them advantageous for investigating polyploid complexes, but ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Shepherd LD,Perrie LR,Brownsey PJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presented the first molecular phylogenetic analysis of the major clades of woody bamboos of the Old World tropics based on nuclear and chloroplast sequences (ITS, GBSSI and trnL-F). Sequence data from 53 species, representing 17 paleotropical woody bamboo genera, were analyzed using the maximum parsimony an...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Yang HQ,Yang JB,Peng ZH,Gao J,Yang YM,Peng S,Li DZ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high biodiversity of tropical marine hotspots has long intrigued evolutionary biologists and biogeographers. The genus Haemulon (grunts) is one of the most important (numerically, ecologically, and economically) reef fish groups in the New World and an excellent candidate to test hypotheses of speciation and diver...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Rocha LA,Lindeman KC,Rocha CR,Lessios HA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The avian clade Passerida was first identified based on DNA-DNA hybridization data [C.G. Sibley, J.E. Ahlquist, Phylogeny and Classification of Birds, 1990, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT]. Monophyly of the Passerida, with the exception of a few taxa, has later been corroborated in several studies; however, the ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Johansson US,Fjeldså J,Bowie RC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The codling moth (Cydia pomonella L., Tortricidae, Lepidoptera) is an important pest of pome fruit with global distribution. It has adapted successfully to different habitats by forming various ecotypes and populations, often termed strains, which differ among each other in several morphological, developmental, and ph...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Meraner A,Brandstätter A,Thaler R,Aray B,Unterlechner M,Niederstätter H,Parson W,Zelger R,Dalla Via J,Dallinger R

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the first two mitochondrial genomes of Muscidae dipterans for the species Haematobia irritans (the horn fly) and Stomoxys calcitrans (the stable fly). Typical insect mtDNA features are described, such as a high A+T content (79.1% and 78.9%, respectively), the preference for A+T-rich codons, and the evidence...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Oliveira MT,Barau JG,Junqueira AC,Feijão PC,Rosa AC,Abreu CF,Azeredo-Espin AM,Lessinger AC

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The matK gene has been among the most useful loci for resolving plant phylogenetic relationships at different evolutionary time-scales, but much less is known about the phylogenetic utility of the flanking trnK intron, especially for deep level phylogenetics. We compared the relative performance of matK and trnK intro...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Hilu KW,Black C,Diouf D,Burleigh JG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The root lesion nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus Filipjev, 1936 are migratory endoparasites of plant roots, considered among the most widespread and important nematode parasites in a variety of crops. We obtained gene sequences from the D2 and D3 expansion segments of 28S rRNA partial and 18S rRNA from 31 populatio...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Subbotin SA,Ragsdale EJ,Mullens T,Roberts PA,Mundo-Ocampo M,Baldwin JG

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planthopper family Cixiidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) comprises approximately 160 genera and 2000 species divided in three subfamilies: Borystheninae, Bothriocerinae and Cixiinae, the later with 16 tribes. The current paper represents the first attempt to estimate phylogenetic relationships within Cixiidae based ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Ceotto P,Kergoat GJ,Rasplus JY,Bourgoin T

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships and timings of major cladogenesis events are investigated in the Balearic Island lizards Podarcislilfordi and P.pityusensis using 2675bp of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Partitioned Bayesian and Maximum Parsimony analyses provided a well-resolved phylogeny with high node-support v...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Brown RP,Terrasa B,Pérez-Mellado V,Castro JA,Hoskisson PA,Picornell A,Ramon MM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigate the range-wide population structure and phylogeography of thuriferous juniper (Juniperus thurifera L.), a species with a highly disjunct distribution in the western Mediterranean. We genotyped a total of 327 individuals from 20 populations using amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP). Different ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Terrab A,Schönswetter P,Talavera S,Vela E,Stuessy TF

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted the first molecular phylogenetic study of Ficus section Malvanthera (Moraceae; subgenus Urostigma) based on 32 Malvanthera accessions and seven outgroups representing other sections of Ficus subgenus Urostigma. We used DNA sequences from the nuclear ribosomal internal and external transcribed spacers (ITS...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Rønsted N,Weiblen GD,Savolainen V,Cook JM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Viverridae (Mammalia, Carnivora), one of the least studied groups of carnivorans, include two subfamilies of Asian palm civets: Hemigalinae and Paradoxurinae. The relationships between and within these two subfamilies have never been thoroughly tested using an extensive molecular sample set. In this study, we gath...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Patou ML,Debruyne R,Jennings AP,Zubaid A,Rovie-Ryan JJ,Veron G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The superfamily Conoidea is one of the most speciose groups of marine mollusks, with estimates of about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and 4000 named living species. Previous classifications were based on shell and anatomical characters, and clades and phylogenetic relationships are far from well assessed. Bas...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Puillandre N,Samadi S,Boisselier MC,Sysoev AV,Kantor YI,Cruaud C,Couloux A,Bouchet P

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of the current study was to determine if cuticular hydrocarbons could be used to empirically delimit taxa within the Cryptocercus punctulatus species complex in the eastern United States. Cockroaches were collected from rotting logs in 22 locations across four states. Hydrocarbon phenotypes and two mitochondr...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Everaerts C,Maekawa K,Farine JP,Shimada K,Luykx P,Brossut R,Nalepa CA

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the avian-origin hypothesis of the 1918 Spanish influenza virus we surveyed influenza sequences from a broad taxonomic distribution and collected 65 full-length genomes representing avian, human and "classic" swine H1N1 lineages in addition to numerous other swine (H1N2, H3N1, and H3N2), human (H2N2, H3N2, and...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Vana G,Westover KM

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly emerging molecular phylogenetic hypotheses involving the sponge Order Haplosclerida (Class Demospongiae) are far removed from traditional views on their classification using morphology. In the new grouping of marine haplosclerid taxa by molecular data all members of one highly supported clade were found to have ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Redmond NE,McCormack GP

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding the progesterone receptor (PGR) acts as a transcription factor, and participates in the regulation of reproductive processes including menstruation, implantation, pregnancy maintenance, parturition, mammary development, and lactation. Unlike other mammals, primates do not exhibit progesterone withdra...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Chen C,Opazo JC,Erez O,Uddin M,Santolaya-Forgas J,Goodman M,Grossman LI,Romero R,Wildman DE

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suborder Tricladida (phylum Platyhelminthes) comprises the well-known free-living flatworms, taxonomically grouped into three infraorders according to their ecology: Maricola (marine planarians), Paludicola (freshwater planarians), and Terricola (land planarians). Molecular analyses have demonstrated that the Palu...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Alvarez-Presas M,Baguñà J,Riutort M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) is distributed in Neotropical cloud-forests from Mexico to Argentina and contains 25 subspecies divided into eight subspecies groups based on biogeography, eye coloration, presence of a postocular spot and chest band. All of Central America is occupied by a single s...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Weir JT,Bermingham E,Miller MJ,Klicka J,González MA

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpine genus Chionohebe is one of seven genera in the southern hemisphere Hebe complex. The main aims of this study were to infer the evolutionary relationships and assess phylogeographic patterns among the six species of Chionohebe, determine the origin of the two species with trans-Tasman distributions, and test...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Meudt HM,Bayly MJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees called random local neighbor-joining (RLNJ). Our method is different from the neighbor-joining method (NJ) of Saitou and Nei and affords a more thorough sampling of solution space by randomly searching for local pair of neighbors in each step. Result...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Zhang W,Sun Z

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subspecies concept has received considerable debate throughout the past century. Subspecies were originally used to delineate potential incipient species, but were later employed to simply capture geographical variation. There is a recent trend to eliminate the trinomial in light of new evidence. Discrete, diagnos...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Mulcahy DG

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The systematic relationships of the freshwater shrimp family, Kakaducarididae, were examined using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Combined nuclear (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, Histone) and mitochondrial (16S rDNA) analyses placed the kakaducaridid genera, Kakaducaris and Leptopalaemon, as a strongly supported clade ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Page TJ,Short JW,Humphrey CL,Hillyer MJ,Hughes JM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships and divergence times for 10 populations of the three recognized "species" of Brazilian lizards of genus Eurolophosaurus were estimated from 1229bp of cyt b, COI, 12S, and 16S rRNA mitochondrial gene segments. Eurolophosaurus is monophyletic and the basal split within the genus separates E. d...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Passoni JC,Benozzati ML,Rodrigues MT

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tribe Acraeini (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) is believed to comprise between one and seven genera, with the greatest diversity in Africa. The genera Abananote, Altinote, and Actinote (s. str.) are distributed in the Neotropics, while the genera Acraea, Bematistes, Miyana, and Pardopsis have a Palaeotropical distribu...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Silva-Brandão KL,Wahlberg N,Francini RB,Azeredo-Espin AM,Brown KS Jr,Paluch M,Lees DC,Freitas AV

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paleoendemic opilionid Fumontana deprehendor is restricted to a small area of mid-elevation forested habitats in the southern Blue Ridge province of the Appalachian Mountains. In a recent study we reported on the discovery of 22 new montane populations of this monotypic genus, specimens from which exhibit remarkab...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Thomas SM,Hedin M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eukaryotes encompass a remarkable variety of organisms and unresolved lineages. Different phylogenetic analyses have lead to conflicting conclusions as to the origin and associations between lineages and species. In this work, we investigated evolutionary relationship of a family of cation pumps exclusive for the secr...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Møller AB,Asp T,Holm PB,Palmgren MG

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All spiders produce silk and use it for various functions throughout their lives, but not all spiders produce the same silks, or use them for the same functions. These functions may include building shelters, protecting eggs, and trapping prey. The "RTA clade" of spiders (grass spiders, jumping-spiders, wolf spiders, ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Spagna JC,Gillespie RG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Model species often provide initial hypotheses and tools for studies of development, genetics and molecular evolution in closely related species. Flour beetles of the genus Tribolium Macleay (1825) are one group with potential for such comparative studies. Tribolium castaneum (Herbst 1797) is an increasingly useful de...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Angelini DR,Jockusch EL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous phylogenetic attempts at resolving barnacle evolutionary relationships are few and have relied on limited taxon sampling. Here we combine DNA sequences from three nuclear genes (18S, 28S and H3) and 44 morphological characters collected from 76 thoracican (ingroup) and 15 rhizocephalan (outgroup) species repr...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Pérez-Losada M,Harp M,Høeg JT,Achituv Y,Jones D,Watanabe H,Crandall KA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A scourge of tropical and subtropical jungles, bloodfeeding terrestrial leeches of Haemadipsidae have long confused systematists and defied sensible biogeographic interpretation. The family Haemadipsidae usually includes problematic taxa that neither fit the typical IndoPacific distribution of the group, nor properly ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Borda E,Oceguera-Figueroa A,Siddall ME

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subfamily Nasutitermitinae Hare (1937) is a tropical and subtropical group, generally considered as the most specialised subfamily of Termitidae. To highlight some taxonomic inconsistencies, the phylogenetic relationships among seven Australian species, morphologically ascribed to the genera Nasutitermes and Tumul...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Bergamaschi S,Dawes-Gromadzki TZ,Luchetti A,Marini M,Mantovani B

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraspecific genetic diversity and phylogeography of Corvus corone was investigated using the mitochondrial (mt) control region as a molecular marker. A split into two distinct mt lineages was observed. One represents individuals from a wide geographic range spanning from England to the Russian Far East (Kamchatka), ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Haring E,Gamauf A,Kryukov A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00