Phylogenetic relationships of the Chinese Labeoninae (Teleostei, Cypriniformes) derived from two nuclear and three mitochondrial genes

The phylogenetic relationships between 10 of 13 genera of crabs from the superfamily Dorippoidea were investigated using mitochondrial 16S rRNA, 12S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences. The resultant phylogenetic trees based on the three molecular markers support the division of Dorippidae and Ethusidae as monophyletic families within the Dorippoidea. The inferred inter-generic relationships within Dorippidae concur with groupings based on the overall morphology of the carapace and structures of the male first pleopods.

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Genetic evidence supports Sylvilagus mansuetus (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) as a subspecies of S. bachmani

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4196.2.7 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4196 (2) ◽

pp. 289

Author(s):

SERGIO TICUL ÁLVAREZ-CASTAÑEDA ◽

CONSUELO LORENZO

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Morphological Traits ◽

Nuclear Gene ◽

Sister Group ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

The Other ◽

Cyt B ◽

San Jose ◽

Allopatric Distribution

Since Sylvilagus bachmani (Lagomorpha: Leporidae) from the Baja California Peninsula and S. mansuetus from San Jose Island, Mexico, display an allopatric distribution and are closely related, their taxonomy is unclear. The phylogenetic relationships among specimens of both species were evaluated using two mitochondrial genes (Cyt b, COI) and the beta-fibrinogen nuclear gene intron 7 (β-fib I7). The genetic analyses revealed that S. mansuetus was included within the S. bachmani clade as the sister-group of S. b. cerrosensis. The genetic distances among S. b. cerrosensis and mansuetus were relatively low (1.3% with Cyt b), similar to intraspecific distances observed within other species of Sylvilagus. We consider mansuetus to be a subspecies of S. bachmani, and the morphological traits previously used to differentiate the two taxa should be used to distinguish S. b. mansuetus from the other subspecies of S. bachmani.

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Phylogenetic relationships of Chilean leptodactylids: a molecular approach based on mitochondrial genes 12S and 16S

Revista chilena de historia natural ◽

10.4067/s0716-078x2006000400003 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 79 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

CLAUDIO CORREA ◽

ALBERTO VELOSO ◽

PATRICIA ITURRA ◽

MARCO A MÉNDEZ

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Molecular Approach

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Phylogenetic analysis of the Prionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae) from China based on mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes and Cytochrome oxidase I gene

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2487.1.1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2487 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

BO FENG ◽

LI CHEN ◽

YAN-LI E ◽

KAI-DI ZHENG

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Phylogenetic Trees ◽

Phylogenetic Signal ◽

Mitochondrial Gene ◽

Single Gene ◽

Divergence Time ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

12S Rrna ◽

Molecular Systematic ◽

Close Relationship

This is the first molecular systematic treatment of the Prionini. Here, three mitochondrial genes were partially sequenced from the Chinese Prionini to analyze phylogenetic relationships. Nucleotide compositions of three mitochondrial genes in the Chinese Prionini are biased toward A and T as in other insects. Ratios of transition vs. transversion (Ts/Tv) in 12S rRNA decrease with divergence time. However, ratios in 16S rRNA first increase with divergence time but decrease when divergence time is prolonged. Some nodes have poor bootstrap values or Bayesian posterior probabilities in phylogenetic trees reconstructed from single mitochondrial gene. In addition, some conflicting clades are found among phylogenetic trees based on a different gene. Therefore, a single mitochondrial gene provides limited phylogenetic signal and phylogenetic relationships based on a single gene sequence may be questionable. The Chinese Prionini is a monophyletic group. However, the genus Dorysthenes is paraphyletic. Dorysthenes fossatus should be transferred from Dorysthenes but the true status of D. fossatus is currently unknown. Species of Dorysthenes (excluding D. fossatus) constitute a monophyletic clade and there is close relationship between Dorysthenes paradoxus and Dorysthenes zivetta.

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Molecular phylogeny of the butterfly tribe Baorini Doherty, 1886 (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae) in China

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4565.1.8 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4565 (1) ◽

pp. 108 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

WEIBIN JIANG ◽

HAIYAN HE ◽

YUANYUAN LI ◽

YING WANG ◽

CHEN GE ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Analysis ◽

Maximum Likelihood ◽

Species Diversity ◽

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Nuclear Genes ◽

Large Group ◽

The Status

The butterfly tribe Baorini Doherty, 1886 is a large group of skippers. In this study, a total of 8 genera and 41 species of putative members of this tribe, which represent most of the generic diversity and nearly all the species diversity of the group in China, were sequenced for two mitochondrial genes and three nuclear genes (2084 bp). Phylogenetic relationships and subdivision of this tribe were investigated and the status of the genera are discussed. Partitioned maximum likelihood analyses were performed based on the combined dataset. Our results suggest that the data are split into two well-supported clades in the phylogeny tree. This analysis also represents the most complete phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Baorini in China to date, and includes several genera and species that have been previously excluded from published phylogenies of this group.

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Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomic reanalysis of the family Mithracidae MacLeay (Decapoda : Brachyura : Majoidea)

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is13011 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

pp. 145 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Amanda M. Windsor ◽

Darryl L. Felder

Keyword(s):

Molecular Phylogeny ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Molecular Phylogenetics ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Hard Substrate ◽

The Family ◽

Molecular Dataset

Mithracid crabs comprise a primarily subtidal reef- and rubble-dwelling group inhabiting both tropical and subtropical seas. Despite their relative ubiquity in many hard-substrate environments, there has been little consensus about their phylogenetic relationships or whether their group rank should be that of subfamily or family. We have used a combined molecular dataset of two nuclear (18S, H3) and three mitochondrial (12S, 16S, COI) genes to build a preliminary molecular phylogeny of Majoidea in order to examine the membership of Mithracidae. We then built a second molecular phylogeny based on three mitochondrial genes to assess the internal composition of the family, and conducted comparative morphological examinations of genera and species that resolved in unexpected positions on the phylogram. Four genera are designated under new or resurrected names on the basis of molecular and morphological characters, while memberships of several other existing genera are modified. Following review of molecular and morphological characters, the genera Coelocerus, Cyclocoeloma, Cyphocarcinus, Leptopisa, Micippa, Picrocerodes, Stenocionops and Tiarinia are provisionally excluded from Mithracidae s.s., while Hemus and Pitho are included in it. A key to genera of Mithracidae is provided.

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Phylogenetic relationships of mullets (Mugilidae) in China Seas based on partial sequences of two mitochondrial genes

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology ◽

10.1016/j.bse.2010.01.007 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 38 (4) ◽

pp. 647-655 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Jian-Yong Liu ◽

Christopher L. Brown ◽

Ting-Bao Yang

Keyword(s):

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

China Seas

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Comparative Mitogenomic Analysis of Two Longhorn Beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) with Preliminary Investigation into Phylogenetic Relationships of Tribes of Lamiinae

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects12090820 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (9) ◽

pp. 820

Author(s):

Yifang Ren ◽

Huanhuan Lu ◽

Longyan Chen ◽

Simone Sabatelli ◽

Chaojie Wang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ribosomal Rna ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Stop Codon ◽

Preliminary Investigation ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Start Codon ◽

Rich Region ◽

Protein Coding ◽

Longhorn Beetles ◽

Rna Genes

The subfamily Lamiinae is the most taxonomically diverse subfamily of Cerambycidae, but relationships between tribes of Lamiinae are still unresolved. In order to study the characteristics of the mitogenomes of Lamiinae and the tribal-level phylogenetic relationships, we sequenced the mitogenomes of two species representing two tribes, Agapanthia amurensis (Agapanthiini) and Moechotypa diphysis (Ceroplesini), with a total length of 15,512 bp and 15,493 bp, respectively. The gene arrangements of these two new mitogenomes were consistent with the inferred ancestral insect mitogenomes. Each species contained 37 typical mitochondrial genes and a control region (A + T-rich region), including 13 protein-coding genes (PCGs), 22 transfer RNA genes (tRNAs), and two ribosomal RNA genes (rRNAs). All PCGs initiated with the standard start codon ATN, and terminated with the complete stop codons of TAA and TAG, or incomplete stop codon T. All tRNAs could be folded into a clover-leaf secondary structure except for trnS1, in which the dihydrouridine (DHU) arm was reduced. Moreover, we studied the phylogenetic relationships between some tribes of Lamiinae based in mitochondrial PCGs in nucleotides; our results show that the relationships were as follows: (Onciderini + ((Apomecynini + Acanthocinini) + ((Ceroplesini + Agapanthiini) + ((Mesosini + Pteropliini) + ((Dorcaschematini + (Saperdini 1 + (Phytoeciini + Saperdini 2))) + (Batocerini + Lamiini)))))).

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Towards the unravelling of the slug <i>A. ater–A. rufus</i> complex (Gastropoda Arionidae): new genetic approaches

Web Ecology ◽

10.5194/we-18-115-2018 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 115-119 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

María L. Peláez ◽

Antonio G. Valdecasas ◽

Daniel Martinez ◽

Jose L. Horreo

Keyword(s):

Pest Control ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Genetic Distances ◽

Mitochondrial Genes ◽

Wild Plants ◽

Species Status ◽

Conservation Policies ◽

Specific Species ◽

Arion Rufus

Abstract. The genus Arion includes several slug species, some of which are considered to be a pest to both cultivated and wild flora. Within this genus, the Arion ater complex comprises two different morphological forms: Arion rufus and A. ater, but there is no consensus about their species status. Their phylogenetic relationships have been recently solved, both of them belonging to different phylogenetic clades, but their species status is still unclear (as different clades are not always different species). For this reason, the aim of this study was to precisely identify these species status by employing the up-to-date multi-rate Poisson tree processes (mPTP) methodology as well as the classic methodology of genetic distances, both of which have three different mitochondrial genes. Results confirmed that both A. ater and A. rufus are independent evolutionary clades, and the high genetic distances between them (K2P distances ranged between 9.1 and 16.4 %, depending on genes) together with mPTP analyses, supported the idea that the clades correspond to different species. Results will be useful for the classification of these specific species as well as for developing proper pest control methodologies and conservation policies in both cultivated and wild plants.

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