Phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences of elongation factor 1alpha identifies major groups of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).

@article{Cruickshank2001PhylogeneticAO,
  title={Phylogenetic analysis of partial sequences of elongation factor 1alpha identifies major groups of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera).},
  author={Robert Hamish Cruickshank and Kevin P. Johnson and Vincent S. Smith and Richard J. Adams and Dale H Clayton and Roderic D. M. Page},
  journal={Molecular phylogenetics and evolution},
  year={2001},
  volume={19 2},
  pages={202-15}
}

• Robert Hamish Cruickshank, Kevin P. Johnson, +3 authors Roderic D. M. Page
• Published 2001 in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution

As a first attempt to use molecular data to resolve the relationships between the four suborders of lice and within the suborder Ischnocera, we sequenced a 347-bp fragment of the elongation factor 1alpha gene of 127 lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) as well as outgroup taxa from the order Psocoptera. A number of well-supported monophyletic groups were found but the relationships among many of these groups could not be resolved. While it is probable that multiple substitutions at high divergences and… CONTINUE READING

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