Incorporating molecular evolution into phylogenetic analysis, and a new compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers for animal mitochondrial DNA

C Simon, TR Buckley, F Frati, JB Stewart… - Annu. Rev. Ecol …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
DNA data has been widely used in animal phylogenetic studies over the past 15 years. Here
we review how these studies have used advances in knowledge of molecular evolutionary …

A genomic perspective on the shortcomings of mitochondrial DNA for “barcoding” identification

D Rubinoff, S Cameron, K Will - Journal of heredity, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Approximately 600-bp sequences of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been designated as
“DNA barcodes” and have become one of the most contentious and animated issues in the …

Evidence for multiple reversals of asymmetric mutational constraints during the evolution of the mitochondrial genome of Metazoa, and consequences for phylogenetic …

A Hassanin, N Leger, J Deutsch - Systematic biology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences are commonly used for inferring phylogenetic
relationships. However, the strand-specific bias in the nucleotide composition of the mtDNA …

A critical review on the utility of DNA barcoding in biodiversity conservation

P Krishna Krishnamurthy, RA Francis - Biodiversity and conservation, 2012 - Springer
This article considers the utility of DNA barcodes for conservation. DNA barcoding is a
molecular tool that uses standardised genetic primers, traditionally the 600-to 800-segments …

Hexapod origins: monophyletic or paraphyletic?

F Nardi, G Spinsanti, JL Boore, A Carapelli, R Dallai… - science, 2003 - science.org
Recent morphological and molecular evidence has changed interpretations of arthropod
phylogeny and evolution. Here we compare complete mitochondrial genomes to show that …

A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision

SL Cameron, CL Lambkin, SC Barker… - Systematic …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial genomes provide a promising new tool for understanding deep‐level insect
phylogenetics, but have yet to be evaluated for their ability to resolve intraordinal …

Phylogeny of Arthropoda inferred from mitochondrial sequences: strategies for limiting the misleading effects of multiple changes in pattern and rates of substitution

A Hassanin - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2006 - Elsevier
In this study, mitochondrial sequences were used to investigate the relationships among the
major lineages of Arthropoda. The data matrix used for the analyses includes 84 taxa and …

A preliminary mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Orthoptera (Insecta) and approaches to maximizing phylogenetic signal found within mitochondrial genome data

JD Fenn, H Song, SL Cameron, MF Whiting - Molecular Phylogenetics and …, 2008 - Elsevier
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 rearrangements as phylogenetic characters in the invertebrates: the examination of genome'morphology'

M Dowton, LR Castro, AD Austin - Invertebrate Systematics, 2002 - CSIRO Publishing
Mitochondrial gene rearrangements are the latest tool in the arsenal of phylogeneticists for
investigating historical relationships. They are complex molecular characters that may …

Recent advances in Collembola systematics

L Deharveng - Pedobiologia, 2004 - Elsevier
The study reviews recent advances in Collembola systematics. First, the knowledge on
Collembola biodiversity is analysed in a historical perspective. Since a century, there is a …