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Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study
- J. C. Regier, A. Zwick, +17 authors C. Mitter
- Biology, Medicine
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- 2 December 2009
BackgroundIn the mega-diverse insect order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths; 165,000 described species), deeper relationships are little understood within the clade Ditrysia, to which 98% of the… Expand
A Large-Scale, Higher-Level, Molecular Phylogenetic Study of the Insect Order Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies)
- J. C. Regier, C. Mitter, +13 authors Kim T. Mitter
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 12 March 2013
Background Higher-level relationships within the Lepidoptera, and particularly within the species-rich subclade Ditrysia, are generally not well understood, although recent studies have yielded… Expand
Can Deliberately Incomplete Gene Sample Augmentation Improve a Phylogeny Estimate for the Advanced Moths and Butterflies (Hexapoda: Lepidoptera)?
- Soowon Cho, A. Zwick, +11 authors C. Parr
- Medicine, Biology
- Systematic biology
- 11 August 2011
Abstract This paper addresses the question of whether one can economically improve the robustness of a molecular phylogeny estimate by increasing gene sampling in only a subset of taxa, without… Expand
Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
- E. J. V. Nieukerken, L. Kaila, +48 authors A. Zwick
- Biology
- 23 December 2011
van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Kaila, Lauri; Kitching, Ian J.; Kristensen, Niels Peder; Lees, David C.; Minet, Joël; Mitter, Charles; Mutanen, Marko; Regier, Jerome C.; Simonsen, Thomas J.; Wahlberg,… Expand
cladistic study of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) using characters of immatures and adults
- N. Jacobson, S. Weller
- Biology
- 2002
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Utility and evolution of cytochrome b in insects.
- R. B. Simmons, S. Weller
- Biology, Medicine
- Molecular phylogenetics and evolution
- 1 August 2001
Cytochrome b (cyt-b) is widely used in molecular phylogenetic studies of vertebrate, but not invertebrate, taxa. To determine whether this situation is an historical accident or reflects the utility… Expand
The evolution of chemical defences and mating systems in tiger moths (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae)
- S. Weller, N. Jacobson, W. E. Conner
- Biology
- 1 December 1999
The origin and evolution of allelochemical sequestration in tiger moths (Arctiidae) is a complex interplay of larval and adult strategies and phylogenetic history. Using a phylogeny of Arctiidae, we… Expand
Phylogenetic Placement of Rickettsiae from the Ticks Amblyomma americanum and Ixodes scapularis
- S. Weller, G. Baldridge, U. Munderloh, H. Noda, J. Simser, T. Kurtti
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- 1 May 1998
ABSTRACT A rickettsial isolate (isolate MOAa) belonging to the spotted fever group (SFG) was obtained from the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum. We used PCR to characterize the genes for the… Expand
Phylogeny and Evolution of Pharmacophagy in Tiger Moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
- J. Zaspel, S. Weller, C. T. Wardwell, R. Zahiri, N. Wahlberg
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 18 July 2014
The focus of this study was to reconstruct a phylogenetic hypothesis for the moth subfamily Arctiinae (tiger moths, woolly bears) to investigate the evolution of larval and adult pharmacophagy of… Expand