Molecular phylogeny of the subgenus Drosophila (Diptera, Drosophilidae) with an emphasis on Neotropical species and groups: a nuclear versus mitochondrial gene approach.
- L. J. Robe, V. Valente, M. Budnik, E. Loreto
- BiologyMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- 1 September 2005
Taxonomic boundaries, phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the Drosophila willistoni subgroup (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
- L. J. Robe, J. Cordeiro, E. Loreto, V. Valente
- BiologyGenetica
- 6 January 2010
Nuclear data from two mitochondrial and four nuclear datasets led to a phylogenetic hypothesis which further refines several aspects related to the willistoni subgroup phylogeny, and raises the question of whether these semispecies are monophyletic at all.
The DNA Barcoding and the Caveats with Respect to Its Application to Some Species of Palaemonidae (Crustacea, Decapoda)
- L. J. Robe, Stela Machado, M. L. Bartholomei-Santos
- BiologyZoological Science
- 3 October 2012
DNA-barcoding has recently attracted considerable attention due to its potential utility in aiding in species identification and discovery through the use of a short standardized sequence of mitochondrial DNA, but its validity needs to be empirically evaluated in each taxonomic category before forward implementation.
The Drosophila flavopilosa species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae)
- L. J. Robe, F. C. De Ré, A. Ludwig, E. L. Loreto
- BiologyFly
- 4 March 2013
A test of the potential of DNA-Barcoding provided evidences that this technology may be a way of overcoming difficulties related to cryptic species differentiation, presenting a case where neither geographical nor ecological speciation may be as yet suggested.
Comparative ecological niche modeling and evolutionary ecology of Neotropical mycophagous Drosophilidae (Diptera) species
- L. J. Robe, Stela Machado, M. S. Gottschalk
- Environmental Science
- 4 May 2014
This study provides new records on the distribution of 22 species of mycophagous Drosophilidae and reports the southernmost and/or northernmost register points for most of them, indicating that some putative geographically restricted species appear to be highly susceptible to minor increases in the minimal temperature ranges.
Radiation of the ,,Drosophila“ subgenus (Drosophilidae, Diptera) in the Neotropics
- L. J. Robe, E. Loreto, V. Valente
- Biology
- 1 November 2010
This study raises the possibility that the Zaprionus/Liodrosophila species encompass a fourth radiation within the subgenus,,DrosophILA“ phylogeny and provides temporal estimates for each of the postulated divergence events.
Phylogenetic relationships and macro-evolutionary patterns within the Drosophila tripunctata “radiation” (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
- L. J. Robe, V. Valente, E. Loreto
- BiologyGenetica
- 8 April 2010
The results suggest that niche evolution seems to have played a central role in the evolutionary history of the tripunctata species “radiation” allowing effective dispersion and diversification in the Neotropics, possibly in a southwards direction.
DrosoPhyla: Resources for Drosophilid Phylogeny and Systematics
- C. Finet, V. A. Kassner, Ferdinand Marlétaz
- BiologyGenome Biology and Evolution
- 1 August 2021
A new framework for investigating the evolution of traits in fruit flies is established, and the phylogenetic position of some previously unplaced species are determined.
Phylogeny of the Drosophila mesophragmatica Group (Diptera, Drosophilidae): An Example of Andean Evolution
- N. R. Mota, L. J. Robe, V. Valente, M. Budnik, E. Loreto
- BiologyZoological Science
- 1 May 2008
The best supported scenario suggests that D. viracochi is an early offshoot in the mesophragmatica group, with this and other early branchings occuring in the Pliocene/Pleistocene Epochs, possibly associated with Andean glacial refuges.
DrosoPhyla: genomic resources for drosophilid phylogeny and systematics
- C. Finet, V. A. Kassner, Ferdinand Marlétaz
- BiologybioRxiv
- 24 March 2021
A new framework for investigating the evolution of traits in fruit flies is established, and the phylogenetic position of some previously unplaced species is determined.
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