Molecular systematics of the genus Troglophilus (Rhaphidophoridae, Orthoptera) in Turkey mitochondrial 16S rDNA evidences
- This study focuses on the evolutionary relationships among Turkish species of the cave cricket genus Troglophilus. Fifteen populations were studied for sequence variation in a fragment (543 base pairs) of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) 16S rDNA gene (16S) to reconstruct their phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic history. Genetic data retrieved three main clades and at least three divergent lineages that could not be attributed to any of the taxa known for the area. Molecular time estimates suggest that the diversification of the group took place between the Messinian and the Plio-Pleistocene.
| Author details: | Mehmet Sait Taylan, Claudio Di Russo, Mauro Rampini, Valerio Ketmaier |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.257.4133 |
| ISSN: | 1313-2989 |
| Title of parent work (English): | ZooKeys |
| Publisher: | Pensoft Publ. |
| Place of publishing: | Sofia |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of first publication: | 2013 |
| Publication year: | 2013 |
| Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
| Tag: | 16S rDNA; Orthoptera; Rhaphidophoridae; Troglophilus; cave crickets; mitochondrial DNA; molecular systematics |
| Issue: | 257 |
| Number of pages: | 14 |
| First page: | 33 |
| Last Page: | 46 |
| Funding institution: | Akdeniz University Scientific Research Found (Turkey, Antalya) [2008.03.0121.002] |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
