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Phylogeny of raspberry beetles and other Byturidae (Coleoptera).
Insect molecular biology - 1 Jun 2001
Malloch G, Fenton B, Goodrich M A
Abstract excerpt
Nuclear ribosomal ITS2 and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase DNA sequences were analysed from the Byturidae (Coleoptera), which includes the raspberry beetles. The secondary structure of ITS2 was plotted and interspecific changes analysed. Evidence for selection on simple sequence repeats within the ITS2 was found. Phylogenetic trees based on the mitochondrial and ribosomal sequences were compared. They were in...
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