Background Amino acid substitution models play an important role in inferring phylogenies
from proteins. Although different amino acid substitution models have been proposed, only a …

Background Amino acid substitution models play an essential role in inferring phylogenies
from mitochondrial protein data. However, only few empirical models have been estimated …

The phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial genomes (mtgenomes) is examined using the
framework of a preliminary phylogeny of Orthoptera. This study presents five newly …

Mitochondrial gene order has contributed to the elucidation of evolutionary relationships in
several animal groups. It generally has found its application as a phylogenetic marker for …

Background Efforts to solve higher-level evolutionary relationships within the class Insecta
by using mitochondrial genomic data are hindered due to fast sequence evolution of several …

Mitochondrial (mt) genome data have been proven to be informative for animal phylogenetic
studies but may also suffer from systematic errors, due to the effects of accelerated …

Background The phylogeny of the Orthoptera was analyzed based on 6 datasets from 47
orthopteran mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes). The phylogenetic signals in the …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been one of the most widely used molecular markers for
phylogenetic studies in animals, because of its simple genomic structure (Avise, 2004) …

Phylogenetic relationships of basal insects remain a matter of discussion. In particular, the
relationships among Ephemeroptera, Odonata and Neoptera are the focus of debate. In this …

A phylogenetic hypothesis for the lepidopteran superfamily Noctuoidea was inferred based
on the complete mitochondrial (mt) genomes of 12 species (six newly sequenced). The …