Species-level paraphyly and polyphyly: frequency, causes, and consequences, with insights from animal mitochondrial DNA

DJ Funk, KE Omland - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Many uses of gene trees implicitly assume that nominal species are monophyletic
in their alleles at the study locus. However, in well-sampled gene trees, certain alleles in one …

Evolution of mitochondrial gene content: gene loss and transfer to the nucleus

KL Adams, JD Palmer - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2003 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial gene content is highly variable across extant eukaryotes. The number of
mitochondrial protein genes varies from 3 to 67, while tRNA gene content varies from 0 to …

Primers for a PCR-based approach to mitochondrial genome sequencing in birds and other vertebrates

MD Sorenson, JC Ast, DE Dimcheff, T Yuri… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 1999 - Elsevier
A PCR-based approach to sequencing complete mitochondrial genomes is described along
with a set of 86 primers designed primarily for avian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). This PCR …

Numts: a challenge for avian systematics and population biology

MD Sorenson, TW Quinn - The Auk, 1998 - JSTOR
3 Present address: Department of Biology, Boston University, 5 Cummington Street, Boston,
Massachusetts 02215, USA. E-mail: msoren@ bu. edu ture (eg Quinn 1992). For reasons …

Phylogeny of eagles, Old World vultures, and other Accipitridae based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA

HRL Lerner, DP Mindell - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2005 - Elsevier
We assessed phylogenetic relationships for birds of prey in the family Accipitridae using
molecular sequence from two mitochondrial genes (1047 bases ND2 and 1041 bases cyt-b) …

Unreliable mtDNA data due to nuclear insertions: a cautionary tale from analysis of humans and other great apes

O Thalmann, J Hebler, HN Poinar, S Pääbo… - Molecular …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence variation has been used extensively to
study the evolutionary relationships of individuals and populations, both within and across …

Comparing molecular evolution in two mitochondrial protein coding genes (cytochromeband ND2) in the dabbling ducks (Tribe: Anatini)

KP Johnson, MD Sorenson - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 1998 - Elsevier
Rates of sequence evolution were estimated for the cytochromeb (cytb) and NADH
dehydrogenase subunit 2 (ND2) genes using a phylogeny of the dabbling ducks (Tribe …

The meaning of wild: Genetic and adaptive consequences from large-scale releases of domestic mallards

P Lavretsky, JE Mohl, P Söderquist, RHS Kraus… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
The translocation of individuals around the world is leading to rising incidences of
anthropogenic hybridization, particularly between domestic and wild congeners. We apply a …

Mitochondrial pseudogenes are pervasive and often insidious in the snap** shrimp genus Alpheus

ST Williams, N Knowlton - Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Here we show that multiple DNA sequences, similar to the mitochondrial cytochrome
oxidase I (COI) gene, occur within single individuals in at least 10 species of the snap** …

A molecular phylogeny of the pheasants and partridges suggests that these lineages are not monophyletic

RT Kimball, EL Braun, PW Zwartjes, TM Crowe… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 1999 - Elsevier
Cytochromeband D-loop nucleotide sequences were used to study patterns of molecular
evolution and phylogenetic relationships between the pheasants and the partridges, which …