Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny and sequential colonization of Canary Islands by darkling beetles of the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae).

doi:10.1098/rspb.1995.0133

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Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny and sequential colonization of Canary Islands by darkling beetles of the genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae).

Proceedings. Biological sciences - 22 Aug 1995

Juan C, Oromi P, Hewitt G M

Abstract excerpt

Fifteen species of the darkling beetle genus Pimelia (Tenebrionidae: Coleoptera) have been sequenced for a 365 b.p. portion of the mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I gene. Thirteen of these are endemic species inhibiting the Canarian archipelago in the Atlantic and the other two are continental c...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Coleoptera
DNA, Mitochondrial
Electron Transport Complex IV
Genetic Variation
Models, Genetic
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Spain
Species Specificity

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