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Molecular phylogeny of Tribolium (Danthonioideae: Poaceae) and its taxonomic implications

Molecular sequence data from two noncoding regions of DNA (ITS AND TRNL-F) were used to produce a phylogeny for the genus Tribolium and its African and Australasian allies. Topological comparisons of the combined molecular data with the appended existing morphological tree were made. A significant i...

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Main Author: Ntsohi, Refiloe
Other Authors: Verboom, George Anthony
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Language:English
Published: Department of Biological Sciences 2017
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description Molecular sequence data from two noncoding regions of DNA (ITS AND TRNL-F) were used to produce a phylogeny for the genus Tribolium and its African and Australasian allies. Topological comparisons of the combined molecular data with the appended existing morphological tree were made. A significant incongruence was revealed. Molecular data indicate that Tribolium is paraphyletic. The formally defined sections: Uniolae, Acutiflorae and Tribolium have been retrieved by the molecular data. The analysis retrieved Karroochloa as polyphyletic. Monophyly of Schismus is strongly supported. The Australasian species form a monophyletic clade. Data support early divergence of the Merxmuellera species and Pseudopentameris macrantha.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/25689 Molecular phylogeny of Tribolium (Danthonioideae: Poaceae) and its taxonomic implications Ntsohi, Refiloe Verboom, George Anthony Systematics and Biodiversity Sciences Molecular sequence data from two noncoding regions of DNA (ITS AND TRNL-F) were used to produce a phylogeny for the genus Tribolium and its African and Australasian allies. Topological comparisons of the combined molecular data with the appended existing morphological tree were made. A significant incongruence was revealed. Molecular data indicate that Tribolium is paraphyletic. The formally defined sections: Uniolae, Acutiflorae and Tribolium have been retrieved by the molecular data. The analysis retrieved Karroochloa as polyphyletic. Monophyly of Schismus is strongly supported. The Australasian species form a monophyletic clade. Data support early divergence of the Merxmuellera species and Pseudopentameris macrantha. 2017-10-16T10:40:01Z 2017-10-16T10:40:01Z 2003 2017-02-22T12:52:10Z Bachelor Thesis Honours BSc (Hons) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25689 eng application/pdf Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science University of Cape Town
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title Molecular phylogeny of Tribolium (Danthonioideae: Poaceae) and its taxonomic implications
title_full Molecular phylogeny of Tribolium (Danthonioideae: Poaceae) and its taxonomic implications
title_fullStr Molecular phylogeny of Tribolium (Danthonioideae: Poaceae) and its taxonomic implications
title_full_unstemmed Molecular phylogeny of Tribolium (Danthonioideae: Poaceae) and its taxonomic implications
title_short Molecular phylogeny of Tribolium (Danthonioideae: Poaceae) and its taxonomic implications
title_sort molecular phylogeny of tribolium danthonioideae poaceae and its taxonomic implications
topic Systematics and Biodiversity Sciences
url http://hdl.handle.net/11427/25689
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