abstract：:Bigeye (Thunnus obesus) is a large, pelagic, and migratory species of tuna that inhabits tropical and temperate marine waters worldwide. Previous studies based on mitochondrial RFLP data have shown that bigeye tunas from the Atlantic Ocean are the most interesting from a genetic point of view. Two highly divergent mit...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Martínez P,González EG,Castilho R,Zardoya R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Baja California populations of Pseudacris regilla, a widespread species in Western North America ranging from British Columbia to southern Baja California, are characterized by extensive geographic fragmentation. We performed phylogeographic and historical demographic analyses on 609 bp of the cytochrome b mitocho...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Recuero E,Martínez-Solano I,Parra-Olea G,García-París M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galápagos hawks (Buteo galapagoensis) are one of the most inbred bird species in the world, living in small, isolated island populations. We used mitochondrial sequence and nuclear minisatellite data to describe relationships among Galápagos hawk populations and their colonization history. We sampled 10 populations (e...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Bollmer JL,Kimball RT,Whiteman NK,Sarasola JH,Parker PG

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on nuclear and chloroplast sequences we resolve species relationships in Calycanthaceae and develop a biogeographic hypothesis that explains their intercontinental disjunctions and intra-continental diversification in eastern Asia. Fossil-calibrated penalized likelihood and Bayesian divergence time estimates ind...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Zhou S,Renner SS,Wen J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current knowledge of the evolutionary relationships amongst the wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) is based on assessment of morphological similarity or phylogenetic analysis of a small number of taxa. In order to enhance the current understanding of lycosid relationships, phylogenies of 70 lycosid species were reconst...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Murphy NP,Framenau VW,Donnellan SC,Harvey MS,Park YC,Austin AD

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrotransposition typically generates pseudogenes. Here we demonstrate a different fate of the retro-processed genes through a novel mechanism in which the retro-processed genes still maintain their sequence intactness and the original functions. We show that the shrimp cathepsin L (CatL) gene MeCatL has lost all of ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Hu KJ,Leung PC

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aphidinae is the most diverse major lineage of aphids (Aphididae). Aphidinae currently dominate the temperate, northern-hemisphere fauna, but only since the late Tertiary, and few species are native to the southern hemisphere. The success of Aphidinae may be linked to the evolution of an unusual life cycle, host alter...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： von Dohlen CD,Rowe CA,Heie OE

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that the classical river dolphins are not a natural group, but up to now the phylogenetic relationships among them are not very clear because different views have been referred from different studies. In the present study, we determined the complete nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial (mt) genome...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Yan J,Zhou K,Yang G

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships in a group of 21 African rodent species designated as the Praomys group (Murinae) were investigated using morphological characters and sequence data from the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene and nuclear IRBP gene fragment (840bp). The molecular results confirm the monophyly of the Pr...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Lecompte E,Denys C,Granjon L

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the phylogeny of the Neotropical pitvipers within the Porthidium group (including intra-specific through inter-generic relationships) using 1.4 kb of DNA sequences from two mitochondrial protein-coding genes (ND4 and cyt-b). We investigated how Bayesian Markov chain Monte-Carlo (MCMC) phylogenetic hypothes...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Castoe TA,Sasa MM,Parkinson CL

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite its great diversity and biomedical importance, the rodent subfamily Murinae is poorly resolved phylogenetically. We present the first cladistic analysis sampling multiple representatives of most major groups based on DNA sequence for three nuclear (GHR, RAG1, and AP5) and one mitochondrial (COII and parts of C...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Steppan SJ,Adkins RM,Spinks PQ,Hale C

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic relationships among all of the major decapod infraorders have never been estimated using molecular data, while morphological studies produce conflicting results. In the present study, the phylogenetic relationships among the decapod basal suborder Dendrobranchiata and all of the currently recognized decap...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Porter ML,Pérez-Losada M,Crandall KA

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pattern of genetic variation of the lizard Mabuya maculilabris from São Tomé Island (Gulf of Guinea) was investigated using a combination of three mitochondrial DNA gene fragments. Forty-eight haplotypes were recovered among 66 individuals covering the whole island. The genealogy inferred from the most parsimoniou...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Jesus J,Harris DJ,Brehm A

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive selection has been shown to be pervasive in sex-related proteins of many metazoan taxa. However, we are only beginning to understand molecular evolutionary processes on the lineage to humans. To elucidate the evolution of proteins involved in human reproduction, we studied the sequence evolution of MAM domain...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Herlyn H,Zischler H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hawaiian Drosophila offer a unique opportunity to examine evolutionary questions because of the known ages of the Hawaiian Islands and the large number of species endemic to this archipelago. One of the more well studied groups of Hawaiian Drosophila is the planitibia species group, a long-standing population gene...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Bonacum J,O'Grady PM,Kambysellis M,Desalle R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we report the results of a species level phylogenetic study of Cephaloleia beetles designed to clarify relationships and patterns of host plant taxon and tissue use among species. Our study is based on up to 2088bp of mtDNA sequence data. Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian methods of phylogeneti...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： McKenna DD,Farrell BD

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spite of several classification attempts among taxa of the genus Lepus, phylogenetic relationships still remain poorly understood. Here, we present molecular genetic evidence that may resolve some of the current incongruities in the phylogeny of the leporids. The complete mitochondrial cytb, 12S genes, and parts of...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Wu C,Wu J,Bunch TD,Li Q,Wang Y,Zhang YP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The freshwater sculpins, genus Cottus (Teleostei; Cottidae), comprise bottom-dwelling fishes that exhibit various life-history styles, having radiated throughout Northern Hemisphere freshwater habitats. The phylogenetic relationships among Cottus and related taxa were estimated from mitochondrial DNA 12S rRNA and cont...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Yokoyama R,Goto A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using DNA sequence data from multiple genes (often from more than one genome compartment) to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships has become routine. Augmenting this approach with genomic structural characters (e.g., intron gain and loss, changes in gene order) as these data become available from comparative studies...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Wikström N,Pryer KM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequences of both internal and external transcribed spacers of nuclear ribosomal DNA were sequenced for four species belonging to the Dactylorhiza maculata group or "spotted marsh-Orchids". These four species are D. fuchsii, D. saccifera, D. foliosa, and D. maculata. Extensive nuclear ribosomal DNA polymorphism was un...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Devos N,Oh SH,Raspé O,Jacquemart AL,Manos PS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assayed the mtDNA phylogeography [196 base pairs (bp) of the cytochrome b] and population structure (n = 680) in the estuarine fish, Ethmalosa fimbriata, from its whole distribution range: 14 locations along the West African coasts were sampled. Specifically, we considered Pleistocene glaciations as well as the hyd...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Durand JD,Tine M,Panfili J,Thiaw OT,Laë R

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oceanic squid family Gonatidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) is widely distributed in subpolar and temperate waters, exhibiting behavioral and physiological specializations associated with reproduction. Females of several species undergo muscular degeneration upon maturation; origins of this complex morphogenic change a...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Lindgren AR,Katugin ON,Amezquita E,Nishiguchi MK

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyrtopodion kotschyi is a small gecko, widely distributed on the islands of the Aegean archipelago and the adjacent mainland. We unveiled the phylogeography of the species by using a portion of the cytochrome oxidase I mitochondrial DNA gene from 35 insular and mainland populations. The distinct geographic distributio...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kasapidis P,Magoulas A,Mylonas M,Zouros E

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenies of Gelechioidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) historically have been in disagreement and definitions vary at the family and subfamily levels. Addition of new taxa or new characters drastically changes relationships indicating that current phylogenetic schemes require more investigation. This study is the first ph...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Bucheli SR,Wenzel J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used mtDNA sequences (cytochrome b and NADH dehydrogenase subunit 2) to reconstruct molecular phylogenies of Vipera sensu lato, Vipera sensu stricto, and Vipera aspis. Three major clades were identified within the Vipera s.l. group: (1) the European vipers, (2) the oriental vipers, consisting of Montivipera (Vipera...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Garrigues T,Dauga C,Ferquel E,Choumet V,Failloux AB

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The poxviruses (Poxviridae) are a family of viruses with double-stranded DNA genomes and substantial numbers (often >200) of genes per genome. We studied the patterns of gene gain and loss over the evolutionary history of 17 poxvirus complete genomes. A phylogeny based on gene family presence/absence showed good agree...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Hughes AL,Friedman R

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using nuclear coding and mitochondrial ribosomal genes we try to clarify relationships within Carcharhiniformes with special focus on the two most problematic groups: scyliorhinids and triakids. The mitochondrial aligned sequences are 1542 bp long, and include principally portion of 16S rRNA gene. They are obtained fo...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Iglésias SP,Lecointre G,Sellos DY

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic and paleontological analyses are combined to reveal patterns of species origination and divergence and to define the significance of potential and actual barriers to dispersal in Conus, a species-rich genus of predatory gastropods distributed throughout the world's tropical oceans. Species-level phylogene...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Duda TF Jr,Kohn AJ

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fern genus Dryopteris (Dryopteridaceae) is represented in the Hawaiian Islands by 18 endemic taxa and one non-endemic, native species. The goals of this study were to determine whether Dryopteris in Hawai'i is monophyletic and to infer the biogeographical origins of Hawaiian Dryopteris by determining the geographi...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Geiger JM,Ranker TA

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A combination of population genetics and phylogenetic inference methods was used to delineate Bradyrhizobium species and to uncover the evolutionary forces acting at the population-species interface of this bacterial genus. Maximum-likelihood gene trees for atpD, glnII, recA, and nifH loci were estimated for diverse s...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Vinuesa P,Silva C,Werner D,Martínez-Romero E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Snakes of the subfamily Boinae are found in Madagascar, the Papuan-Pacific Islands, and the Neotropics. It has been suggested that genera within each of these particular areas do not form monophyletic groups. Further, it was proposed that the New World Boa constrictor is more closely related to boine genera in Madagas...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Burbrink FT

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogeny of ants of the tribe Lasiini (Lasius, Acanthomyops, Prenolepis, Euprenolepis, Paratrechina, Pseudolasius, and Myrmecocystus) was analysed using 81 morphological, ecological, and behavioural characters (for 41 species) and mitochondrial DNA sequences (COI, COII, tRNA-Leu; for 19 species). The free-living subg...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Janda M,Folková D,Zrzavý J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the genetic diversity between the populations of woolly flying squirrels (Eupetaurus) from the eastern and western extremes of the Himalayas, partial mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences (390-810 bp) that were determined from the museum specimens were analyzed using maximum parsimony (MP) and maxim...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Yu F,Yu F,McGuire PM,Kilpatrick CW,Pang J,Wang Y,Lu S,Woods CA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic pattern and timing of the radiation of Old World deer was determined based on the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene from 33 Cervinae taxa. Using rooted and unrooted phylogenies derived from distinct theoretical approaches, strong support was achieved for monophyly of the Old World deer with mun...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Pitra C,Fickel J,Meijaard E,Groves PC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oriental voles of the genus Eothenomys are predominantly distributed along the Southeastern shoulder of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Based on phylogenetic analyses of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene (1143 bp) obtained from 23 specimens (eight species) of Oriental voles collected from this area, together with nucle...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Luo J,Yang D,Suzuki H,Wang Y,Chen WJ,Campbell KL,Zhang YP

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astyanax fasciatus has become a model organism for the study of regressive and adaptive evolution in cave animals. To fully understand these processes, it is important to have background information on the systematics and phylogeography of surface and cave populations of this species. Here we investigate the phylogeog...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Strecker U,Faúndez VH,Wilkens H

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For Nicotiana, with 75 naturally occurring species (40 diploids and 35 allopolyploids), we produced 4656bp of plastid DNA sequence for 87 accessions and various outgroups. The loci sequenced were trnL intron and trnL-F spacer, trnS-G spacer and two genes, ndhF and matK. Parsimony and Bayesian analyses yielded identica...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Clarkson JJ,Knapp S,Garcia VF,Olmstead RG,Leitch AR,Chase MW

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A robust recognition of phylogenetic affinities of Opalinidae-the peculiar multinucleated intestine commensals of frogs-is hindered by the absence of reliable molecular data. Up to now all attempts to sequence opalinid genes failed, as the obtained sequences labeled as Protoopalina intestinalis, Cepedea virguloidea, a...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kostka M,Hampl V,Cepicka I,Flegr J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we present a molecular phylogeny for the west Palaearctic Helicidae sensu lato based on sequence data from two mitochondrial (COI, 16S rDNA) and two nuclear (ITS-1, 18S rDNA) genes. Maximum likelihood analysis and Bayesian inference revealed well supported monophyletic clades partly conflicting traditio...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Steinke D,Albrecht C,Pfenninger M

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Species in the genus Tangara are distributed throughout the New World tropics and vary in their morphology, behavior, and ecology. We used data from the cytochrome b and ND 2 genes to provide the first phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of this diversity. Reconstructions based on parsimony, maximum likelihood, ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Burns KJ,Naoki K

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00