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A 28s ribosomal RNA phylogeny of certain cyclorrhaphous Diptera based upon a hypervariable region
Author(s) -
VOSSBRINCK CHARLES R.,
FRIEDMAN S.
Publication year - 1989
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 - 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1989.tb00296.x
Subject(s) - biology , paraphyly , 28s ribosomal rna , ribosomal rna , hypervariable region , phylogenetics , genetics , taxon , evolutionary biology , rna , paleontology , gene , ribosome , clade
The method of primer extension dideoxy ribosomal RNA sequencing coupled with maximum parsimony analysis was used to obtain partial 28s rRNA sequences of a variety of calyptrate and acalyptrate Diptera with which to establish a possible genealogy of these organisms. Analysis of the data shows the calyptrates to be more closely related to the drosophiloids than to the tephritoids. Thus, the acalyptrates are a paraphyletic group. The analyses also establish the oestroid character of the gasterophilids and the status of the fanniids as a family or higher taxon.