A comparative analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes among Hexapoda

S Simon, H Hadrys - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2013 - Elsevier
With respect to bauplan radiation, species and taxa richness, hexapods have an
unassailable lead. But still, the phylogenetic relationships among the orders and infraorders …

Tick mitochondrial genomes: structural characteristics and phylogenetic implications

T Wang, S Zhang, T Pei, Z Yu, J Liu - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Ticks are obligate blood-sucking arachnid ectoparasites from the order Acarina, and many
are notorious as vectors of a wide variety of zoonotic pathogens. However, the systematics …

How to sequence and annotate insect mitochondrial genomes for systematic and comparative genomics research

S Cameron - Systematic Entomology, 2014 - eprints.qut.edu.au
Over the past decade the mitochondrial (mt) genome has become the most widely used
genomic resource available for systematic entomology. While the availability of other types …

A comparative analysis of mitochondrial genomes in Coleoptera (Arthropoda: Insecta) and genome descriptions of six new beetles

NC Sheffield, H Song, SL Cameron… - Molecular biology and …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Coleoptera is the most diverse group of insects with over 360,000 described species divided
into four suborders: Adephaga, Archostemata, Myxophaga, and Polyphaga. In this study, we …

The complete mitochondrial genome of the bag-shelter moth Ochrogaster lunifer (Lepidoptera, Notodontidae)

P Salvato, M Simonato, A Battisti, E Negrisolo - BMC genomics, 2008 - Springer
Background Knowledge of animal mitochondrial genomes is very important to understand
their molecular evolution as well as for phylogenetic and population genetic studies. The …

Beyond barcoding: A mitochondrial genomics approach to molecular phylogenetics and diagnostics of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

LA Nelson, CL Lambkin, P Batterham, JF Wallman… - Gene, 2012 - Elsevier
Members of the Calliphoridae (blowflies) are significant for medical and veterinary
management, due to the ability of some species to consume living flesh as larvae, and for …

The complete mitochondrial genomes of two ghost moths, Thitarodes renzhiensis and Thitarodes yunnanensis: the ancestral gene arrangement in Lepidoptera

YQ Cao, C Ma, JY Chen, DR Yang - BMC genomics, 2012 - Springer
Background Lepidoptera encompasses more than 160,000 described species that have
been classified into 45–48 superfamilies. The previously determined Lepidoptera …

A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of termites (Blattodea: Termitoidae): robust support for interfamilial relationships and molecular synapomorphies define major …

SL Cameron, N Lo, T Bourguignon, GJ Svenson… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2012 - Elsevier
Despite their ecological significance as decomposers and their evolutionary significance as
the most speciose eusocial insect group outside the Hymenoptera, termite (Blattodea …

When phylogenetic assumptions are violated: base compositional heterogeneity and among‐site rate variation in beetle mitochondrial phylogenomics

H Song, NC Sheffield, SL Cameron… - Systematic …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to generate large molecular datasets for phylogenetic studies benefits biologists,
but such data expansion introduces numerous analytical problems. A typical molecular …

High-level phylogeny of the Coleoptera inferred with mitochondrial genome sequences

ML Yuan, QL Zhang, L Zhang, ZL Guo, YJ Liu… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2016 - Elsevier
The Coleoptera (beetles) exhibits tremendous morphological, ecological, and behavioral
diversity. To better understand the phylogenetics and evolution of beetles, we sequenced …