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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Phylogenetic Systematics"”.
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Crustacean phylogenetic systematics and opsin evolution
… of crustacean opsin evolution in context, phylogenetic studies of two crustacean groups (Mysidae and Decapoda) were completed. Studies of Mysidae utilized 16S mtDNA, and 18S and 28S rDNA to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships and assess newly developed Bayesian methods of assessing …
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Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolution within the Family Scincidae
… within Scincidae. In chapter one, a molecular phylogenetic study, based on six genes and extensive analyses support Cordylidae+Xantusiidae as its sister group, and confirm the paraphyly of Scincinae. The Acontinae is the sister group to all remaining skinks, while Feylininae is nested within an …
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Osteology, Morphometrics, and Phylogenetic Systematics of the ‘Booneville Dinosaur’ (Ornithopoda: Hadrosauridae) From the Early–Middle Campanian Coffee Formation of Northeastern Mississippi
… right pubes and a left humerus. Morphometric and phylogenetic analyses were utilized to elucidate the taxonomic identity of MMNS VP-12239 among iguanodontian ornithopods. MMNS VP-12239 was recovered as a basal hadrosaurid, an outgroup of the clade containing the more morphologically derived …
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Phylogenetic Systematics of Snubnose Darters (Percidae, Etheostoma), With Discussion of Reproductive Behavior, Sexual Selection, and the Evolution of Male Breeding Color
… done on the behavior of these fishes. However, phylogenetic relationships both among snubnose darter species and between snubnose darters and close relatives have not been clearly resolved. This dissertation used an original data set, complete cytochrome b DNA sequences, to address the molecular …
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Sistemática filogenética dos Gecarcinidae H. Milne Edwards (Crustacea - Brachyura)
This paper deals with the phylogenetic systematics of land crabs of the family Gecarcinidae. It includes the recognition and description of the gecarcinid genera as well species of Gecarcinus. Emphasis is placed on the reconstruction of their phylogeny. Sixty-six morphological characters were …
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Análise filogenética do gênero Lissoscarta Stal, 1869 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
… morphological and behavioral features. A phylogenetic analysis of Lissoscarta (excluding L. pebasensis, known only from females) employing the methodology of Phylogenetic Systematics (cladistics) is presented in this study. The external morphology of Lissoscarta with regard to the …