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Molecular phylogenetics of Thysanoptera
Author(s) -
CRESPI BERNARD,
CARMEAN DAVID,
VAWTER LISA,
VON DOHLEN CAROL
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
systematic entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1365-3113
pISSN - 0307-6970
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-3113.1996.d01-3.x
Subject(s) - biology , paraphyly , phylogenetics , monophyly , taxon , maximum parsimony , sister group , molecular phylogenetics , evolutionary biology , zoology , ecology , clade , gene , genetics
Analyses of morphological data on the higher‐level phylogenetics of Thysanoptera have suggested two alternative hypotheses: (1) sister‐taxon status of the monophyletic suborders Terebrantia and Tubulifera. and (2) paraphyly of Terebrantia with respect to Tubulifera. Analyses of nucleotide sequence data from the mitochondrial gene cytochrome oxidase I and the nuclear gene I8S rONA using maximum parsimony. neighbour joining. and maximum likelihood provide strong support for the hypothesis of a sister‐taxon relationship between the Terebrantia and Tubulifera. These data resolve this long‐standing controversy in thysanopteran phylogenetics and provide a framework for further studies of higher‐level relationships in this order.