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The phylogeny of the subgroups within the melanogaster species group: likelihood tests on COI and COII sequences and a Bayesian estimate of phylogeny.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2005
Lewis Rebecca L, Beckenbach Andrew T, Mooers Arne Ø
Abstract excerpt
The relationships among the majority of the subgroups in the Drosophila melanogaster species group remain unresolved. We present a 2223basepair dataset for mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I and cytochrome oxidase II for 43 species (including new data from 11 species), sampled to include the major subgroups. After a brief review of competing hypotheses for the ananassae, montium, suzukii, and takahashii...
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