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Microsatellite-based species identification method for Drosophila virilis group species
2007
Species of the D. virilis group are widely used in evolutionary research, but the individuals of different species are difficult to distinguish from each other morphologically. We constructed a fast and easy microsatellite-based identification method for the species of the group occurring sympatrically in northern Europe. The neighbor joining tree based on 14 microsatellite loci also gave a good resolution of the species divergence pattern in the whole group.
Molecular fingerprinting evidence (ISSR, Inter-Simple Sequence Repeats) for a wild status of Olea europaea L. (Oleaceae) in the Eurosiberian North of…
2001
Summary Although the olive tree ( Olea europaea L.) is one of the best indicators of the Mediterranean region, there exist some isolated populations of this species in the Eurosiberian North of the Iberian Peninsula. To elucidate the wild or feral status of these populations, we studied a total of 46 populations of the Olea europaea complex. mat K sequences and Inter-Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) variation were analysed to infer relationships among the six subspecies of the Olea europaea complex and within O. europaea subsp. europaea. Based on mat K. sequences, populations of sspp. europaea (Mediterranean basin), cerasiformis (Madeira), guanchica (Canary Islands), maroccana (Agadir Mountai…
An 18S rDNA-Based Molecular Phylogeny of Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
2000
We have obtained a molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) by sequencing the 18S rDNA in 37 aphidiine taxa. Approximately 1857 nucleotides were sequenced in each species. Evolutionary relationships were established by comparing the results of maximum-parsimony, maximum-likelihood, and distance analyses. The most variable region of this gene, V4 (approx 403 nucleotides), was employed to establish the basality of the tribe Ephedrini within this subfamily. All phylogenetic reconstructions yielded trees with very similar topologies that confirmed the existence of two of the four traditionally accepted tribes, Ephedrini and Praini, but questioned the existence o…