abstract：:Within the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot, the Shark Bay region displays high levels of plant and animal endemism, particularly in the herpetofauna. The region has been subjected to dramatic climatic fluctuations and has been geologically active from the Late Miocene to the present. The myobatrachid frog...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Edwards DL

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colour pattern diversity can be due to random processes or to natural or sexual selection. Consequently, similarities in colour patterns are not always correlated with common ancestry, but may result from convergent evolution under shared selection pressures or drift. Neolamprologus brichardi and Neolamprologus pulche...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Duftner N,Sefc KM,Koblmüller S,Salzburger W,Taborsky M,Sturmbauer C

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zambian rivers belong to two major drainages: the Luapula-Congo and the Zambezi River system. Tectonic activity repeatedly altered drainage systems in Africa, so that current fish faunas can only be understood in the context of historic drainage capture events. We use phylogenetic relationships of one widespread linea...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Katongo C,Koblmüller S,Duftner N,Mumba L,Sturmbauer C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combined molecular (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, 16S rDNA and COI) and morphological analysis of the benthic phyllodocids is presented for the first time. Nineteen phyllodocids and two outgroup taxa are assessed using parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. We demonstrate high degrees in homoplasy in the traditi...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Eklöf J,Pleijel F,Sundberg P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-gene phylogenetic analyses were conducted to address the evolution of Clavicipitaceae (Ascomycota). Data are presented here for approximately 5900 base pairs from portions of seven loci: the nuclear ribosomal small and large subunit DNA (nrSSU and nrLSU), beta-tubulin, elongation factor 1alpha (EF-1alpha), the l...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Sung GH,Sung JM,Hywel-Jones NL,Spatafora JW

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parmeliaceae is the largest family of lichen-forming fungi with more than 2000 species and includes taxa with different growth forms. Morphology was widely employed to distinguish groups within this large, cosmopolitan family. In this study we test these morphology-based groupings using DNA sequence data from three nu...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Crespo A,Lumbsch HT,Mattsson JE,Blanco O,Divakar PK,Articus K,Wiklund E,Bawingan PA,Wedin M

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complete nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial (mt) genomes of the "living fossil" cephalopod Vampyroteuthis infernalis (Vampyromorpha) and the cuttlefish Sepia esculenta (Sepiida) were determined. The V. infernalis mt genome structure is identical to the incirrate octopod Octopus vulgaris mt genome structure, and is ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Yokobori S,Lindsay DJ,Yoshida M,Tsuchiya K,Yamagishi A,Maruyama T,Oshima T

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversity of myxobacteria present in campus garden soil was surveyed by both cultivation-based and cultivation-independent methods. Detailed phylogenetic analysis of cultured and uncultured myxobacteria 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that many undescribed relatives of the myxobacteria exist in nature. Molecular ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Jiang DM,Wu ZH,Zhao JY,Li YZ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several recent studies have suggested that a substantial portion of today's plant diversity in the Neotropics has resulted from the dispersal of taxa into that region rather than vicariance, but more data are needed to substantiate this claim. Guatteria (Annonaceae) is, with 265 species, the third largest genus of Neo...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Erkens RH,Chatrou LW,Maas JW,van der Niet T,Savolainen V

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the AP1/SQUA subfamily of plant MADS-box genes play broad roles in the regulation of reproductive meristems, the specification of sepal and petal identities, and the development of leaves and fruits. It has been shown that AP1/SQUA-like genes are angiosperm-specific, and have experienced several major dupli...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Shan H,Zhang N,Liu C,Xu G,Zhang J,Chen Z,Kong H

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of divergent paralogues of nuclear ribosomal DNA, from the 18S-5.8S-26S cistron, is reported in members of Eucalyptus subg. Eucalyptus. These paralogues, which include non-functional pseudogenes, probably diverged prior to the differentiation of species groups in subg. Eucalyptus. When compared with presu...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Bayly MJ,Ladiges PY

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is an expanded study of the relationships among the deuterostome animals based on combined, nearly complete 28S and 18S rRNA genes (>3925 nt.). It adds sequences from 20 more taxa to the approximately 45 sequences used in past studies. Seven of the new taxa were sequenced here (brittle star Ophiomyxa, lizard Anol...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Mallatt J,Winchell CJ

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) genes are characterised by a large proportion of intronless genes or a lower density of introns when compared with GPCRs of invertebrates. It is unclear which mechanisms have influenced intron density in this protein family, which is one of the largest in the mammalian genom...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Fridmanis D,Fredriksson R,Kapa I,Schiöth HB,Klovins J

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A continuous 10.1kb fragment of the Cephalothrix rufifrons (Nemertea, Palaeonemertea) mitochondrial genome was sequenced and characterized to further assess organization of protostome mitochondrial genomes and evaluate the phylogenetic potential of gene arrangement and amino acid characters. The genome is A-T rich (72...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Turbeville JM,Smith DM

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lizard genus Liolaemus is endemic to temperate South America and includes 190 species. Liolaemus bibronii has a large geographic distribution and inhabits a great diversity of habitats, including the Monte, Steppe, and high Andean grassland environments. Liolaemus gracilis has a similar body size and shape to L. b...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Morando M,Avila LJ,Turner CR,Sites JW Jr

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diversification of gall-inducing Australian Kladothrips (Insecta: Thysanoptera) on Acacia has produced a pair of sister-clades, each of which includes a suite of lineages that utilize virtually the same set of 15 closely related host plant species. This pattern of parallel insect-host plant radiation may be driven...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： McLeish MJ,Crespi BJ,Chapman TW,Schwarz MP

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stratiomyidae is a cosmopolitan family of Brachycera (Diptera) that contains over 2800 species. This study focused on the relationships of members of the subfamily Clitellariinae, which has had a complicated taxonomic history. To investigate the monophyly of the Clitellariinae, the relationships of its genera, and the...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Brammer CA,von Dohlen CD

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that species in the genus Myotis have evolved a number of convergent morphological traits, many of which are more related to their mode of food procurement than to their phylogeny. Surprisingly, the biogeographic origins of these species are a much better predictor of phylogenetic relationshi...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Stadelmann B,Lin LK,Kunz TH,Ruedi M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse lemurs (Microcebus spp.) are the world's smallest primates and endemic to Madagascar. Several recent taxonomic revisions resulted in an extraordinary increase of recognized species. What still was considered as being two species at the beginning of the 20th century is currently recognized as 12 taxa. Based on fu...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Olivieri G,Zimmermann E,Randrianambinina B,Rasoloharijaona S,Rakotondravony D,Guschanski K,Radespiel U

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined variation in mitochondrial control region (Domain I) sequences in three distantly related species of birds found on multiple islands in Vanuatu: the Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis (n=21, 433bp), the Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica (n=21, 513bp), and the Streaked Fantail Rhipidura spilodera (n=17...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kirchman JJ,Franklin JD

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a molecular re-assessment of the classification of the nightjars which draws conclusions that are strongly at odds with the traditional, morphology-based classifications. We used maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods to compare the cytochrome b gene for 14 species from seven of the 15 genera of the Caprimu...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Larsen C,Speed M,Harvey N,Noyes HA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caenogastropoda is the dominant group of marine gastropods in terms of species numbers, diversity of habit and habitat and ecological importance. This paper reports the first comprehensive multi-gene phylogenetic study of the group. Data were collected from up to six genes comprising parts of 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA (five ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Colgan DJ,Ponder WF,Beacham E,Macaranas J

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) family of proteins catalyze the conversion of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate. They contain a flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) as the cofactor and the enzyme in eukaryotes, except in yeast, is known to be allosterically regulated by S-adenosylmeth...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kasap M,Sazci A,Ergul E,Akpinar G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships for Hieracium subgen. Pilosella were inferred from chloroplast (trnT-trnL, matK) and nuclear (ITS) sequence data. Chloroplast markers revealed the existence of two divergent haplotype groups within the subgenus that did not correspond to presumed relationships. Furthermore, chloroplast haplo...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Fehrer J,Gemeinholzer B,Chrtek J Jr,Bräutigam S

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher-level relationships among catfishes were investigated by parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of two nuclear genes across 110 catfish species representing 36 of 37 families and Conorhynchos (family incertae sedis). Analysis of 3660 aligned base pairs from the rag1 and rag2 genes confirms monophyl...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Sullivan JP,Lundberg JG,Hardman M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inter-specific genetic relationships among regional populations of two species of grouper (Plectropomus maculatus and Plectropomus leopardus) were examined using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. mtDNA revealed contrasting regional inter-specific patterns whilst nuclear markers revealed contrasting patterns among mar...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： van Herwerden L,Choat JH,Dudgeon CL,Carlos G,Newman SJ,Frisch A,van Oppen M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships of 79 caniform carnivores were addressed based on four nuclear sequence-tagged sites (STS) and one nuclear exon, IRBP, using both supertree and supermatrix analyses. We recovered the three major arctoid lineages, Ursidae, Pinnipedia, and Musteloidea, as monophyletic, with Ursidae (bears) str...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Fulton TL,Strobeck C

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extant endemic katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the Hawaiian Archipelago include one to three species per high island and a single species on Nihoa, all currently placed in the genus Banza. These acoustic insects provide an excellent opportunity for investigating the evolution of reproductive isolation and ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Shapiro LH,Strazanac JS,Roderick GK

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nematodes of the suborder Cephalobina include an ecologically and morphologically diverse array of species that range from soil-dwelling microbivores to parasites of vertebrates and invertebrates. Despite a long history of study, certain of these microbivores (Cephaloboidea) present some of the most intractable proble...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Nadler SA,De Ley P,Mundo-Ocampo M,Smythe AB,Patricia Stock S,Bumbarger D,Adams BJ,De Ley IT,Holovachov O,Baldwin JG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wrens of the genus Thryothorus comprise over a third of the species diversity in the family Troglodytidae. In addition to this species diversity, these wrens vary in a number of behavioral characteristics, in particular in the presence and structure of vocal duets, which makes them an interesting target for comparativ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Mann NI,Barker FK,Graves JA,Dingess-Mann KA,Slater PJ

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The apparent inter-lake morphological similarity among East African Great Lakes' cichlid species/genera has left evolutionary biologists asking whether such similarity is due to sharing of common ancestor or mere convergent evolution. In order to answer such question, we first used Geometric Morphometrics, GM, to quan...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kassam D,Seki S,Horic M,Yamaoka K

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the amphi-American porcellanid crab Petrolistes galathinus has been traditionally viewed as a highly variable species containing several different color forms, we consider it to be a complex of at least 6 morphologically similar species with similar ecological requirements, but diagnosable through coloration. He...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Hiller A,Kraus H,Almon M,Werding B

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 2995 base pairs of nucleotide sequence data (nuclear beta-fibrinogen intron 7 and mitochondrial cytochrome b and ND2 genes), using parsimony and model-based approaches to infer phylogenetic relationships of the woodpeckers and allies, yielding novel hypotheses for several critical gaps in the knowledge of ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Benz BW,Robbins MB,Peterson AT

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To obtain a more complete understanding of the evolutionary history of the leaf-eating monkeys we have examined the mitochondrial genome sequence of two African and six Asian colobines. Although taxonomists have proposed grouping the "odd-nosed" colobines (proboscis monkey, douc langur, and the snub-nosed monkey) toge...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Sterner KN,Raaum RL,Zhang YP,Stewart CB,Disotell TR

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cyprinodon species flock from Laguna Chichancanab, aged 8000 years, provides another potential case of sympatric speciation. The flock consists of seven morphologically distinct species, each within partially different trophic niches, and a group of specimens which cannot unequivocally be assigned to one of these ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Strecker U

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has proven remarkably difficult to obtain a well-resolved and strongly supported phylogeny for horned lizards (Phrynosoma) because of incongruence between morphological and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. We infer the phylogenetic relationships among all 17 extant Phrynosoma species using >5.1 kb of mtDNA (12S rRN...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Leaché AD,McGuire JA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the betel nut palm genus Areca and the other seven genera in subtribe Arecinae (Areceae; Arecoideae; Arecaceae) we collected DNA sequences from two low-copy nuclear genes, phosphoribulokinase (PRK) and the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2). The data were used to evaluate monophyly of the subtribe ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Loo AH,Dransfield J,Chase MW,Baker WJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The freshwater fish family Botiidae is represented by seven genera on the Indian subcontinent and in East and Southeast Asia and includes diploid as well as evolutionary tetraploid species. We present a phylogeny of Botiidae including 33 species representing all described genera using the mitochondrial cytochrome b an...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Slechtová V,Bohlen J,Freyhof J,Ráb P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reconstruct the phylogeny of the morphologically diagnosable subgenera Bicanestrinia, Beysehiria, and Cobitis sensu stricto of the genus Cobitis from Asia Minor and the Balkans. We used the complete cytochrome b gene of 65 specimens in order to infer their evolutionary history in this zoogeographically interesting ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Bohlen J,Perdices A,Doadrio I,Economidis PS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virtually no information regarding timing of deep lineage divergences within mosquito family (Culicidae) exists, which poses an important problem in the postgenomic era. To address this issue, the complete 15,354 bp mitochondrial genome of Anopheles funestus was assembled from both mtDNA and cDNA sequences generated f...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Krzywinski J,Grushko OG,Besansky NJ

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00