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Mol Phylogenet Evol ; 17(3): 456-61, 2000 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11133199

ABSTRACT

The phylogenetic position of two putative new species of the collembolan genus Orchesella was investigated by comparison with four other Italian species of the genus using a fragment of the mitochondrial gene encoding for subunit I of cytochrome c oxidase (COI). The gene showed the well-known A + T bias, typical of insect mitochondrial DNA, although A + T content was not as high as that observed in species belonging to more derived insect orders. The large number of variable sites in 3rd codon positions (85.2% variable) suggested that these sites contain significant homoplasy due to multiple hits. Despite the lack of morphological differentiation, the COI portion examined shows remarkable levels of genetic divergence between the putative species and their closest relatives. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that one of the putative new species is related to O. villosa, whereas the other is included in a clade with O. cincta and O. ranzii. The species O. chiantica appears to be related to O. villosa, agreeing with previous allozyme data.


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Evolution, Molecular , Genetic Variation/genetics , Insecta/classification , Insecta/genetics , Phylogeny , Animals , Base Composition , Classification , Codon/genetics , DNA, Mitochondrial/genetics , Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics , Insecta/enzymology , Italy , Likelihood Functions , Molecular Sequence Data , Protein Subunits
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