Ribosomal ITS sequences and plant phylogenetic inference

I Álvarez, JF Wendel - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2003‏ - Elsevier
One of the most popular sequences for phylogenetic inference at the generic and
infrageneric levels in plants is the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the 18S–5.8 S …

Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Related Pulcherrimin-Producing Yeasts: Fuzzy Species Boundaries and Complex Antimicrobial Antagonism

M Sipiczki - Microorganisms, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Yeasts affiliated with the Metschnikowia pulcherrima clade (subclade) of the large
ascomycetous genus Metschnikowia frequently turn out to produce the characteristic …

ITS2 is a double-edged tool for eukaryote evolutionary comparisons

AW Coleman - TRENDS in Genetics, 2003‏ - cell.com
The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the nuclear rDNA cistrons is one of the more
frequently utilized regions for phylogenetic analyses at the genus and species levels. It has …

The current state of insect molecular systematics: a thriving Tower of Babel

MS Caterino, S Cho, FAH Sperling - Annual review of …, 2000‏ - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Insect molecular systematics has undergone remarkable recent growth. Advances
in methods of data generation and analysis have led to the accumulation of large amounts of …

Widespread Discordance of Gene Trees with Species Tree in Drosophila: Evidence for Incomplete Lineage Sorting

DA Pollard, VN Iyer, AM Moses, MB Eisen - PLoS genetics, 2006‏ - journals.plos.org
The phylogenetic relationship of the now fully sequenced species Drosophila erecta and D.
yakuba with respect to the D. melanogaster species complex has been a subject of …

Speciation in ancient cryptic species complexes: evidence from the molecular phylogeny of Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera)

A Gómez, M Serra, GR Carvalho, DH Lunt - Evolution, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
Continental lake‐dwelling zooplanktonic organisms have long been considered
cosmopolitan species with little geographic variation in spite of the isolation of their habitats …

Choosing an approach and an appropriate gene for phylogenetic analysis

DE Soltis, PS Soltis - Molecular systematics of plants II: DNA sequencing, 1998‏ - Springer
A diverse array of molecular approaches is now available to the plant systematist for use in
phylogenetic inference, including restriction site analysis, comparative sequencing, analysis …

[PDF][PDF] Discrimination of all Members of the Anopheles punctulatus Complex by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis

NW Beebe, A Saul - The American journal of tropical medicine and …, 1995‏ - nigelbeebe.com
A method has been developed to identify the members of the Anopheles punctulatus
complex using polymerase chain reaction— restriction fragment length polymorphism(PCR …

The internal transcribed spacer 2 exhibits a common secondary structure in green algae and flowering plants

JC Mai, AW Coleman - Journal of Molecular Evolution, 1997‏ - Springer
Sequences of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS-2) regions of the nuclear rDNA repeats
from 111 organisms of the family Volvocaceae (Chlorophyta) and unicellular organisms of …

Species-wide homogeneity of nuclear ribosomal ITS2 sequences in the spider mite Tetranychus urticae contrasts with extensive mitochondrial COI polymorphism

M Navajas, J Lagnel, J Gutierrez, P Boursot - Heredity, 1998‏ - nature.com
We compared patterns of intraspecific polymorphism of two markers with contrasted modes
of evolution, nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), in the …