The Muscoidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) are paraphyletic: Evidence from four mitochondrial and four nuclear genes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 639-652

  Kutty, Sujatha Narayanan ^a   Pape, Thomas ^b   Pont, Adrian ^c   Wiegmann, Brian M ^d   Meier, Rudolf ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calyptratae; Guide tree; Molecular phylogeny; Muscoidea

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; GENE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTHOMYIIDAE; CALLIPHORIDAE; CALYPTRATAE; DIPTERA; FANNIIDAE; HIPPOBOSCOIDEA; MUSCIDAE; MUSCOIDEA; OESTROIDEA; SARCOPHAGIDAE; SCATHOPHAGIDAE; TACHINIDAE;

EID: 55049085228     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.012     Document Type: Article

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