Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8848822 | Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Phylogenetic relationships for 19 species of the subfamily Nymphalinae were inferred using 607Â bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit I. The average base composition of cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequences was 37.9% T, 15.7% C, 31.5% A, and 14.9% G, showing a strong AT bias (69.4%). The phylogenetic trees were constructed using the neighbor-joining, maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony methods, and showed almost identical topologies. The results indicated that the tribes Junoniini and Nymphalini are monophyletic groups, but Kallimini is not a monophyletic group. The results of the analysis are approximately consistent with the traditional classification results. This study establishes the cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequence of butterflies from Myanmar for further evolutionary researches.
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Authors
Nan Zarchi Win, Eun Young Choi, Jinyoung Park, Jong Kyun Park,