abstract：:The complete nucleotide sequences of the mt genome from the firefly, Pyrococelia rufa (Coeleoptera: Lampyridae) was determined. The circular genome is 17,739-bp long, and contains a typical gene complement, order, and arrangement identical to Drosophila yacuba. The presence of 1,724-bp long intergenic spacer in the P....

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Bae JS,Kim I,Sohn HD,Jin BR

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reconstructed phylogenetic relationships of the family Badidae using both mitochondrial and nuclear nucleotide sequence data to address badid systematics and to evaluate the role of vicariant speciation on their evolution and current distribution. Phy-logenetic hypotheses were derived from complete cytochrome b (1,...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Rüber L,Britz R,Kullander SO,Zardoya R

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two, apparently functional, paralogues of the RPB2 gene, which encodes the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II, are shown to be present in two major groups of asterid plants. Although all other land plants surveyed so far have been found to have only one of these two copies, the RPB2 gene phylogeny inferred fr...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Oxelman B,Yoshikawa N,McConaughy BL,Luo J,Denton AL,Hall BD

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tree snails of the endemic subfamily Achatinellinae comprise a diverse and important component of the Hawaiian fauna. In recent decades anthropogenic impacts have resulted in devastating extinction rates in Hawaiian tree snails. To address long-standing biogeographic, systematic, and evolutionary questions we used cyt...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Holland BS,Hadfield MG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sequenced 2800+ bp of the RAG-1 exon for representatives of all the currently recognized genera in the avian family Falconidae. A phylogenetic analysis of these data was compared to prior analyses of mitochondrial (cytochrome-b) and morphological (syringeal) data. The nuclear RAG-1 sequences produced results that w...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Griffiths CS,Barrowclough GF,Groth JG,Mertz L

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA sequencing (cytochrome oxidase I; 82 sequences; 25 locations) of a species complex of Australian six-rayed sea-stars (genus Patiriella) reveals four well-supported mtDNA clades, corresponding to P. oriens, P. occidens, P. medius, and P. gunnii. These clades have non-random geographic distributions along an east to...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Waters JM,O'Loughlin PM,Roy MS

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaf beetle genus Trirhabda contains 26 described species from the United States and Canada, feeding on host plants from the families Asteraceae and Hydrophyllaceae. In this study, we present a phylogeny for the genus that was reconstructed from mitochondrial COI and 12S rRNA fragments, nuclear ITS2 rRNA, and morp...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Swigonová Z,Kjer KM

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phylogeny of the genus Montanoa based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and the external transcribed spacer (ETS) is presented. Each of the two clades revealed by the Bayesian and parsimony analyses has approximately half of the number of species in the genus. One lineage is composed mostly of central and sou...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Plovanich AE,Panero JL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analyses of Polytrichales were conducted using morphology and sequence data from the chloroplast genes rbcL and rps4 plus the trnL-F gene region, part of the mitochondrial nad5 and the nuclear-encoded 18S rDNA. Our analyses included 46 species representing all genera of Polytrichales. Phylogenetic trees w...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Hyvönen J,Koskinen S,Merrill GL,Hedderson TA,Stenroos S

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explore the phylogeny of the polygrammoid ferns using nucleotide sequences derived from three plastid loci for each of 98 selected species. Our analyses recovered four major monophyletic lineages: the loxogrammoids, two clades consisting of taxa restricted to the Old World, and a largely neotropical clade that also...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Schneider H,Smith AR,Cranfill R,Hildebrand TJ,Haufler CH,Ranker TA

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of their importance for proper development of the bilaterian embryo, Hox genes have taken center stage for investigations into the evolution of bilaterian metazoans. Taxonomic surveys of major protostome taxa have shown that Hox genes are also excellent phylogenetic markers, as specific Hox genes are restricte...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Peterson KJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The wrens (Aves: Troglodytidae) are a group of primarily New World insectivorous birds, the monophyly of which has long been recognized, but whose intergeneric relationships are essentially unknown. In order to test the monophyly of the group, and to attempt to resolve relationships among genera within it, sequences f...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Barker FK

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the tribe Schoeneae (Cyperaceae), the relationships between Carpha and its relatives have not been certain, and the limits and definition of Carpha have been controversial. Further, the relationships of species within Carpha have been unclear. In this study, cladistic analyses based on chloroplast trnL intron a...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Zhang X,Marchant A,Wilson KL,Bruhl JJ

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectinidae is a large bivalve family characterised by almost circular, flat shells. Species are distributed worldwide and fall into three life-styles: swimming, byssally attached to hard substrates, and cemented to rocks with one valve. Despite these very different life strategies, pectinid shells are highly conservat...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Barucca M,Olmo E,Schiaparelli S,Canapa A

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has been shown to widely spread in organisms by comparative genomic studies. However, its effect on the phylogenetic relationship of organisms, especially at a system level of different cellular functions, is still not well understood. In this work, we have constructed phylogenetic trees...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Ma HW,Zeng AP

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many phylogenetic analyses that include numerous terminals but few genes show high resolution and branch support for relatively recently diverged clades, but lack of resolution and/or support for "basal" clades of the tree. The various benefits of increased taxon and character sampling have been widely discussed in th...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Simmons MP,Miya M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Herpestidae are small terrestrial carnivores comprising 18 African and Asian genera, currently split into two subfamilies, the Herpestinae and the Galidiinae. The aim of this work was to resolve intra-familial relationships and to test the origin of sociality in the group. For this purpose we analysed sequences of...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Veron G,Colyn M,Dunham AE,Taylor P,Gaubert P

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symbiotic nitrogen fixing bacteria-known as rhizobia-harbour a set of nodulation (nod) genes that control the synthesis of modified lipo-chitooligosaccharides, called Nod factors that are required for legume nodulation. The nodA gene, which is essential for symbiosis, is responsible for the attachment of the fatty aci...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Moulin L,Béna G,Boivin-Masson C,Stepkowski T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence data derived from four markers (the nuclear RP1 and Aldolase and the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and cytochrome b genes) were used to determine the phylogenetic relationships among 32 species belonging to the genus Hippocampus. There were marked differences in the rate of evolution among these gene fragments, with...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Teske PR,Cherry MI,Matthee CA

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide sequences of the nuclear c-mos gene and the mitochondrial cytochrome b and ND2 genes were used to assess the monophyly of Sibley and Monroe's [Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1990] Muscicapoidea superfamily. The relationships and monophyly of major lineages...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Voelker G,Spellman GM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in-depth analysis of the Leptynia attenuata species complex has been performed by cytochrome oxidase subunit 2 (cox2) gene sequencing as well as karyotype and allozyme analysis. The whole set of data allows to largely resolve the taxonomy of the group and suggests an overall trend of chromosomal repatternings throu...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Passamonti M,Mantovani B,Scali V

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The deepest-level relationships amongst Euglenozoa remain poorly resolved, despite a rich history of morphological examination and numerous molecular phylogenetic studies of small subunit ribosomal RNA (SSU rRNA) data. We address this question using two nuclear-encoded proteins, the cytosolic isoforms of heat shock pr...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Simpson AG,Roger AJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allopolyploid speciation is widespread in plants, yet the molecular requirements for successful orchestration of coordinated gene expression for two divergent and reunited genomes are poorly understood. Recent studies in several plant systems have revealed that allopolyploid genesis under both synthetic and natural co...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Liu B,Wendel JF

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of angiosperms produce hermaphrodite flowers, while a lesser number (20-30%) produce unisexual flowers. Little is known about the molecular biology of sex-determination in angiosperms, however, a few sex-determining genes have been cloned from the model system Zea mays. One of these genes is Tasselseed2 (...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kinney MS,Columbus JT,Friar EA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the phylogenetic relationships of species and subspecies of the cosmopolitan genus Pica using 813 bp of the mitochondrial genome (including portions of 16s rDNA, tRNA-Leu, and ND1). The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Pica revealed in our molecular analyses can be summarized as follows: (1)...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Lee SI,Parr CS,Hwang Y,Mindell DP,Choe JC

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The root-rot fungus Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref. species complex consists of three intersterility groups (S, F, and P), separated by their host affinity. The phylogenetic relationship of the species complex was studied, with the focus on the S and F groups, by comparing DNA sequences of four nuclear gene fragmen...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Johannesson H,Stenlid J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phylogenetic relationships among the species belonging to the family Myxinidae are still debatable. The mitochondrial DNA sequences from the large ribosomal RNA gene may be of great value for systematic and phylogenetic studies within families. Partial sequences of the 16S rRNA gene were obtained for comparisons a...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Kuo CH,Huang S,Lee SC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Datasets from the mitochondrial gene regions NADH dehydrogenase subunit I (ND1) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of the 20 species in the New Zealand wolf spider (Lycosidae) genus Anoteropsis were generated. Sequence data were phylogenetically analysed using parsimony and maximum likelihood analyses. The phylo...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Vink CJ,Paterson AM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Higher-level relationships within, and the root of Placentalia, remain contentious issues. Resolution of the placental tree is important to the choice of mammalian genome projects and model organisms, as well as for understanding the biogeography of the eutherian radiation. We present phylogenetic analyses of 63 speci...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Amrine-Madsen H,Koepfli KP,Wayne RK,Springer MS

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) provide a near homoplasy free and copious source of molecular evolutionary markers with precisely defined character polarity. Used as molecular cladistic markers in presence/absence analyses, they represent a powerful complement to phylogenetic reconstructions that are based...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Schmitz J,Zischler H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erhard's wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Sauria: Lacertidae), is highly diversified in Greece and especially in the southern Aegean region. Out of the 28 recognized subspecies, 27 are found in Greece from the North Sporades island-complex in the North Aegean (grossly south of the 39th parallel) to the island of Crete ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Poulakakis N,Lymberakis P,Antoniou A,Chalkia D,Zouros E,Mylonas M,Valakos E

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been many studies on the chemistry of mammalian pancreatic ribonucleases (ribonucleases 1), but the functional biology of this family of homologous proteins is still largely unknown. Many studies have been performed on the molecular evolution and properties of this enzyme from species belonging to a large n...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Dubois JY,Ursing BM,Kolkman JA,Beintema JJ

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA sequences from the 12S rRNA gene, four tRNA genes, and a portion of two protein coding genes were used to investigate the relationship of myliobatoid genera. In addition, we conducted an investigation of the sister group to the freshwater stingrays by sampling additional DNA sequences from GenBank. C...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Dunn KA,McEachran JD,Honeycutt RL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ancient rapid divergence events, such as those that took place during the Mesozoic, are pervasive in evolution and represent a major challenge to phylogenetic biologists. The number of molecular phylogenetic studies in which rapid divergence has been invoked to account for poor phylogenetic resolution has steadily inc...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Moulton JK

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated mitochondrial COII gene sequences of Japanese wood-feeding cockroaches (Salganea spp. and Panesthia angustipennis) in detail to investigate their biogeography. The transition (TI) numbers between each genus north and south of the Tokara Strait, which is a border of the Oriental and the Palaearctic faun...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Maekawa K,Matsumoto T

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phylogenetic analysis of over 4600 aligned nucleotide sequences from two nuclear genes, growth hormone receptor and BRCA1, provided congruent phylogenies depicting relationships among the major lineages of rodents. Separate and combined analyses resulted in five major conclusions: (1) strong support for a monophyletic...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Adkins RM,Walton AH,Honeycutt RL

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phylogenetic analysis of the sugeonfish family Acanthuridae was conducted to investigate: (a) the pattern of divergences among outgroup and basal ingroup taxa, (b) the pattern of species divergences within acanthurid genera, (c) monophyly in the genus Acanthurus, and (d) the evolution of thick-walled stomach morphol...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Clements KD,Gray RD,Howard Choat J

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the cockroach genus Cryptocercus are wood-feeding, subsocial insects that live in temperate forests of the Nearctic and Palaearctic. At present, nine species are recognized: Cryptocercus relictus and Cryptocercus kyebangensis in eastern Asia and Russia, Cryptocercus primarius and Cryptocercus matilei in sou...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Clark JW,Kambhampati S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the phylogenetic relationships of echimyid genera based on sequences of the cytochrome b, 12S, and 16S mitochondrial genes. Our results corroborate the monophyly of Octodontoidea and the rapid diversification of echimyid rodents as previously proposed. The analyses indicate that the family Echimyidae, incl...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Leite YL,Patton JL

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The species of thrips found on Acacia constitute a major component of the Australian thrips fauna, with at least 235 species in more than 30 genera, many of these being in the process of description as new. These thrips exhibit social behaviours, ranging from solitary and colonial species to a variety of more complex ...

journal_title：Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

authors： Morris DC,Schwarz MP,Cooper SJ,Mound LA

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00