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Rebholz, Wilhelmus Ewald Reinaard. "Molecular phylogenetics and conservation aspects of antelopes." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/26971.

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This thesis concerns the molecular phylogenetics of three tribes of the family Bovidae, the Antilopini, Neotragini, and Tragelaphini. None of these tribes have been studied extensively with molecular techniques. The tribe Antilopini is one of the most speciose tribes (it includes 6 genera with 20 species) and the classification of several species of the genus Gazella is not clear. The tribe Neotragini is thought to be paraphyletic. Mitochondrial sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase ill and cytochrome b genes totalling 1083 base pairs have been determined for 52 taxa and used to determine phyl

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Willows-Munro, Sandi. "The molecular evolution of the spiral-horned antelope (Mammalia: Tragelaphini)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53659.

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Thesis (MSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The evolutionary history of the African tribe Tragelaphini (spiral-horn antelope) is controversial. Past phylogenetic relationships among species were based on morphology or limited fossil evidence and are in conflict with mitochondrial DNA sequencing studies that have been conducted more recently. Although the group is distinguished from other African ungulates by the presence of spirally-twisted horns, the nine recognized extant species differ considerably in morphology, feeding habits and their habitat preference. The

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Zhang, Ying, and 张英. "Revision of Pleosporales : morpho-molecular phylogeny and typification." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/196082.

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Zanotto, Paolo Marinho de Andrade. "Aspects of the molecular evolution of baculoviruses and flaviviruses." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318444.

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Jing, Hongmei, and 荊紅梅. "Phylogenetic diversity and cultivation of cyanobacteria from geothermal springs in Asia." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37100506.

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Makokha, Jane Sakwa. "Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of sand lizards, Pedioplanis (Sauria: Lacertidae) in southern Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21673.

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Thesis (MSc)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The present study aims to determine the phylogenetic relationships among the sand lizards, Pedioplanis. In addition, a single mitochondrial gene is used to investigate the geographic genetic structure of the widey distributed P. burchelli. With 11 species, Pedioplanis is the most speciose genus among the southern African genera of the family Lacertidae. All the species are restricted to the subcontinent with the exception of three (P. namaquensis, P. undata and P. benguellensis), which extend their range northwards into Angol

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Mortimer, Elizabeth. "Phylogeny of Ameronothroidea in the south polar region and the phylogeography of selcted species on sub-antarctic Marion Island." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21744.

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Thesis (DPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Sub-Antarctic islands represent the only mid to high latitude terrestrial biomes in the Southern Hemisphere. These islands have various geological origins and histories, well-preserved terrestrial ecosystems and high levels of species endemism. In an attempt to understand the evolution and biogeography of terrestrial taxa in the South Polar Region, the first broad-scale molecular phylogeny was constructed for the unique terrestrial group, the ameronothroid mites (genus Halozetes (Oribatida)), collected from sub-Antarcti

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Caddah, Mayara Krasinski 1985. "Estudos taxonômicos e filogenéticos em Miconia sect. Discolor (Melastomataceae, Miconieae)." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/315514.

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Orientador: Renato Goldenberg<br>Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T02:40:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Caddah_MayaraKrasinski_D.pdf: 44109301 bytes, checksum: 6f87fe47d630845de374495c24f66a41 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013<br>Resumo: Miconia é um é um dos maiores gêneros de angiospermas. Tradicionalmente, tem sido considerado complexo e mal circumscrito, assim como outros gêneros aparentados. Estudos filogenéticos recentes, baseados em marcadores moleculares, têm atestado a natureza polifilética de Miconia

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Peat, Scott M. "Utilization of Phylogenetic Systematics, Molecular Evolution, and Comparative Transcriptomics to Address Aspects of Nematode and Bacterial Evolution." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2535.

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Both insect parasitic/entomopathogenic nematodes and plant parasitic nematodes are of great economic importance. Insect parasitic/entomopathogenic nematodes provide an environmentally safe and effective method to control numerous insect pests worldwide. Alternatively, plant parasitic nematodes cause billions of dollars in crop loss worldwide. Because of these impacts, it is important to understand how these nematodes evolve, and, in the case of entomopathogenic nematodes, how their bacterial symbionts evolve. This dissertation contains six chapters. Chapter one is a review of DNA markers and t

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Egito, Gabriel Toselli Barbosa Tabosa do. "Variabilidade genetica e relações interpopulacionais de Dendropsophus minutus do Brasil." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/317959.

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Orientador: Shirlei Maira Recco Pimentel<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T11:03:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Egito_GabrielToselliBarbosaTabosado_M.pdf: 537508 bytes, checksum: e9fd34e6de85068aa05990a955acff88 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009<br>Resumo: Dendropsophus minutus está amplamente distribuído ao Leste dos Andes, na América do Sul e possui uma grande diversidade acústica e morfológica, o que sugere que possa haver mais de uma espécie sob esse nome. Sua coloração dorsal pode ser classificad

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Santana, Júlio César de Oliveira 1985. "Relações suprafamiliares em Erythrinoidea (Teleostei: Characiformes) com base em caracteres moleculares e da morfologia das células espermáticas = Suprafamilial relationships of the Erythrinoidea (Teleostei: Characiformes) based on molecular and spermatic cell data." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/317601.

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Orientadores: Irani Quagio Grassiotto, Daniela Calcagnotto<br>Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T14:34:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Santana_JulioCesardeOliveira_D.pdf: 22975611 bytes, checksum: d02baacf927c5c48bc5cc9f97db90deb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014<br>Resumo: A superfamília Erythrinoidea é uma das oito famílias que compõem a ordem Characiformes e foi proposta como um grupo monofilético para abrigar as famílias neotropicais Ctenoluciidae, Erythrinidae e Lebiasinidae, e a família africana Hepsetidae

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Streit, Elisabeth Silvia. "Mycobactérium tuberculosis and non tuberculous Mycobacteria in the French Departments of the Americas and in the Caribbean : studying epidemiological aspects and transmission using molecular tools and database comparison." Thesis, Antilles, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015ANTI0016/document.

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Cette thèse a pour but de contribuer à une meilleure compréhension de la tuberculose (TB) et desmycobactéries non-tuberculeuses dans la Caraïbe. La tuberculose a hanté l’humanité depuisplusieurs millénaires et reste de nos jours une des maladies infectieuses faisant le plus de victimeschaque année (1,5 millions de décès en 2013). La connaissance de l’épidémiologie de la tuberculoseest essentielle afin de concevoir des programmes de lutte anti-TB adaptés aux spécificitésrégionales et donc plus efficaces. Dans cette optique, la première partie de ce travail fourni un suivià long-terme de la rési

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Catanzaro, Daniele. "Models and methods for molecular phylogenetics." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210453.

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Un des buts principaux de la biologie évolutive et de la médecine moléculaire consiste à reconstruire les relations phylogénétiques entre organismes à partir de leurs séquences moléculaires. En littérature, cette question est connue sous le nom d’inférence phylogénétique et a d'importantes applications dans la recherche médicale et pharmaceutique, ainsi que dans l’immunologie, l’épidémiologie, et la dynamique des populations. L’accumulation récente de données de séquences d’ADN dans les bases de données publiques, ainsi que la facilité relative avec laquelle des données nouvelles peuvent être

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Gatto, Laurent. "Comparaison de l'utilité et de l'efficacité de différents marqueurs moléculaires à des fins d'inférence phylogénétique." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210855.

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Parmi les paramètres influençant l'inférence d'arbres phylogénétiques, nous nous sommes penchés d'une part sur (i) l'utilisation et l'efficacité de différents marqueurs et (ii) l'influence de la radiation évolutive (la succession rapide d'événements de spéciation) dans la construction d'arbres phylogénétiques et, d'autre part, sur l'applicabilité du modèle de substitution nucléotidique GTR (General Time Reversible).<p><p>La première partie de ce travail étudie l'évolution des cétacés en se basant sur les séquences des génomes mitochondriaux, sur le motif d'insertion de rétroposons SINEs (short

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Marinho, Marco Antonio Tonus 1984. "Análise genético-evolutivas em espécies da família Calliphoridae (Diptera:Brachycera:Calyptratae)." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/316454.

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Orientadores: Ana Maria Lima de Azeredo-Espin, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin<br>Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-19T22:51:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marinho_MarcoAntonioTonus_D.pdf: 17816653 bytes, checksum: e915a871c22b7741c1be765f87c95ff5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011<br>Resumo: A superfamília Oestroidea (Diptera:Brachycera:Calyptratae), com +13.000 espécies descritas, compreende um dos grupos mais numerosos e ecologicamente diversos da ordem Diptera. O grupo possui grande interesse para atividades humanas

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Smith, Sarah A. (Sarah Anne). "A molecular phylogenetic study of the Eugongylus group of skinks." 2001. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phs659.pdf.

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Chapple, David G. "Evolutionary ecology and molecular phylogenetics of the Egernia whitii (Lacertilia : Scincidae) species group." Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146237.

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"Molecular phylogeny of Penaeoidea, Penaeidae and Penaeus sensu lato." 2009. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893875.

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Ma, Ka Yan.<br>Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 88-103).<br>Abstracts in English and Chinese.<br>ABSTRACT --- p.i<br>ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.vii<br>CONTENTS --- p.ix<br>LIST OF TABLES --- p.xi<br>LIST OF FIGURES --- p.xii<br>Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction<br>Chapter 1.1 --- Molecular phylogenetics --- p.1<br>Chapter 1.2 --- Phylogeny of the penaeoid shrimps --- p.2<br>Chapter 1.2.1 --- Interfamilial relationships of Penaeoidea --- p.3<br>Chapter 1.2.2 --- Ingergeneric relationships of Penaeidae --- p.8<br>Chapte

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Myburg, Henrietta. "Molecular phylogenetic studies on species of Cryphonectria and related fungi." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27779.

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Phatale, Pallavi A. "Studies on the centromere-specific histone, CenH3, of Neurospora crassa and related ascomycetes." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/35915.

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In eukaryotes, the defined loci on each chromosome, the centromeres, accomplish the critical task of correct cell division. In some organisms, centromeres are composed of a euchromatic central core region embedded in a stretch of heterochromatin and the inheritance and maintenance of centromeres are controlled by dynamic epigenetic phenomena. Although the size of centromeres differs between organisms, its organization, and the placement of euchromatic and heterochromatic regions is conserved from the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, to humans, Homo sapiens. However, relatively little

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"Phylogeny of the infraorder Caridea (Crustacea:Decapoda) based on nuclear genes." 2010. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5894344.

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Li, Chi Pang.<br>Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-141).<br>Abstracts in English and Chinese.<br>Abstract --- p.i<br>Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iii<br>Acknowledgements --- p.v<br>Contents --- p.vi<br>List of Tables --- p.ix<br>List of Figures --- p.x<br>Chapter Chapter 1 --- General Introduction --- p.1<br>Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.3<br>Chapter 2.1 --- Caridean phylogeny --- p.3<br>Chapter 2.1.1 --- Informative morphological characters in Caridean shrimps --- p.3<br>Chapter 2.1.2 --- Brief his

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"Phylogeny of decapoda (arthropoda: crustacea) using nuclear protein-coding genes." Thesis, 2010. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6075079.

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Finally, the gene tree of the true crabs, Brachyura, confirms that the basal "Podotremata" is paraphyletic, with the Raninoidea and Cyclodorippoidea more closely related to Eubrachyura than to the other podotremes. Within the monophyletic Eubrachyura, the analysis supports the reciprical monophyly of the two subsections, Heterotremata and Thoracotremata. All of the Old World freshwater crabs cluster together, representing an early diverged lineage in the Heterotremata.<br>From the inferred phylogeny, we have obtained new insights on the evolution of decapods. First, the spiny lobster from the

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"Phylogenetic analysis and molecular identification of clawed lobsters (Nephropidae) based on mitochondrial DNA." 2007. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893097.

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Ho, Ka Chai.<br>Thesis submitted in: November 2006.<br>Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-145).<br>Abstracts in English and Chinese.<br>Abstract --- p.i<br>Abstract (Chinese) --- p.iii<br>Acknowledgements --- p.v<br>Table of Contents --- p.vi<br>List of Tables --- p.ix<br>List of Figures --- p.x<br>Chapter Chapter 1 --- General Introduction --- p.1<br>Chapter 1.1 --- Molecular phylogeny of Metanephrops --- p.1<br>Chapter 1.2 --- Identification of Nephropidae using DNA barcodes --- p.3<br>Chapter Chapter 2 --- Lit

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"Molecular phylogenetics and population genetics of pearl oysters in pinctada Röding, 1798." Thesis, 2005. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074094.

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Pearl oysters of the genus Pinctada include some economically important species. The taxonomy of some of the species is problematic. Phylogenetic relationship of the species in the genus is also poorly studied. In the present study, phylogenetic relationships of P. chemnitzi, P. fucata, P. margaritifera, P. maxima, P. nigra, P. radiata (from China), P. fucata martensii (from Japan), P. albina and P. imbricata (from Australia) were studied with Pteria penguin as an outgroup, and genetic variation of Chinese P. fucata, Japanese P. fucata martensii and Australian P. imbricata populations were

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Motsi, Moleboheng Cynthia. "Origin and diversification of the Australasian genera Pimelea and Thecanthes (Thymelaeaceae)." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7121.

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Ph.D.<br>Pimelea Banks & Sol. Ex Gaertn. nom. cons. is a large genus consisting of 110 species, of which 90 species are endemic to Australia, 19 to New Zealand and one to Lord Howe Island. The genus has a great diversity of life forms, breeding systems and habitat. Its closest related genus is Thecanthes Wikstr. Thecanthes comprises five species of annual herbs occurring in the Philippines, New Ireland and northern Australia. Australasian Thecanthes and Pimelea are the only genera within sub-tribe Pimeleinae (angiosperm family Thymelaeaceae) and are characterised by the reduction to two stamen

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Sabeta, Claude Taurai. "Aspects of the molecular epidemiology of rabies in Zimbabwe and South Africa." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28671.

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Rabies, one of the oldest recognized viral zoonotic diseases, is a fatal encephalomyelitis transmitted to man via contact with infected animals. Evan today, rabies still is a disease of public health concern with many potentially preventable deaths occurring mainly in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Rabies and rabies-related viruses are members of the Lyssavirus genus, which comprises the rabies virus (genotype 1), Lagos bat virus (genotype 2), Mokola virus (genotype 3), Duvenhage virus (genotype 4), European bat lyssaviruses 1 and 2 (genotypes 5 and 6) and the Australian bat lyssavirus (genot

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Syring, John V. "Phylogenetics and genomic patterns of speciation in Pinus with an empahsis on subgenus Strobus." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/28577.

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Data from nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer regions (nrITS) and chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) have failed to resolve phylogenetic relationships in Pinus. To provide greater interspecific resolution, five low-copy nuclear genes were developed from mapped conifer anchor loci. Four genes were sequenced from species representing all Pinus subsections. Individual loci do not uniformly support the nrITS or cpDNA hypotheses. Combined analysis of low-copy nuclear loci produces a well-supported subsectional topology. The phylogenetic positions of P. nelsonii and P. krempfii are of systematic inte

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Wagman, David Wolfe. "Species identification of Klamath Basin suckers (Pisces : Catostomidae) and an assessment of hybridization using anonymous nuclear loci." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30574.

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Low copy number anonymous nuclear loci were used to search for species markers in four species of Klamath Basin suckers. We sequenced 28 randomly chosen loci representing 10,421 bp; 21 loci were similar to sequences in GenBank. Eight fixed sequence differences were found among Klamath species. Locus 120 contained rare but diagnostic markers for Deltistes luxatus and for Catostomus rimiculus. Locus 4 also contained three rare but unique sites in Catostomus rimiculus. No sequence differences were found between Chasmistes brevirostris and Catostomus snyderi. Loci 4 and 120 exhibited allele freque

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Nangammbi, Tshifhiwa Constance. "Systematics of the phasianelloidea in Southern Africa : (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda)." Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10852.

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The taxonomy and biogeography of the southern African pheasant shell fauna are poorly known. Thirty–one nominal taxa referable to Phasianelloidea have been described or recorded in this region, but no systematic revision of these has ever been undertaken. Morphological evidence suggests that 16 taxa represent valid species, 13 are synonyms and two represent incorrect identifications. DNA sequence data from mitochondrial COI and 16S markers are used to assess the validity of the described nominal southern African Tricolia species. Phylogenetic analyses recovered seven distinct clades. Tricolia

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Meyers, Stephen C. "The biogeography of Plantago ovata Forssk. (Plantaginaceae)." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/29677.

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Plantago ovata Forssk. (Plantaginaceae) is a winter annual species which, in North America, inhabits desert and Mediterranean habitats of the southwest United States, northwest Mexico and the Channel Islands of California and Mexico. In the eastern hemisphere P. ovata inhabits desert regions ranging from the Canary Islands, across northern Africa to western India. The wide disjunction between P. ovata in the western and eastern hemispheres poses an interesting question as to the origin and biogeography of the species. Previous authors have hypothesized that P. ovata was introduced to North Ame

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Simmons, Sarah Louise. "A molecular phylogenetic investigation of the Staphyleaceae (DC.) Lindl. with implications for its taxonomy and biogeography /." 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3110586.

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Lemmon, Alan Richard 1976. "Analytical, computational, and statistical approaches to studying speciation." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/3324.

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Two of the most challenging goals of evolutionary biology are to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships among all extant species and to understand the process by which new species form. Accomplishing these goals will require accurate computational methods for reconstructing phylogenetic trees, general analytic models of speciation, and powerful statistical tools for studying the process of speciation in natural systems. In the first chapter, I study the effects of improper model assumption on estimates of phylogeny. Using DNA sequence data simulated under a variety of models of sequence

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Dittrich-Schröder, Gundrun. "Molecular diagnostics and phylogenetics of white grubs in sugarcane." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10837.

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Scarabaeid pests in South Africa and especially KwaZulu-Natal are characterised by a very long larval life cycle and short pupal and adult periods. However, it has nearly always been the adults of the species that have been identified, with very little attention paid to the larval identification of the species. This is unfortunate as it is nearly always the larval stage that is found to be associated with crop damage. Accurate identification of the species of these larvae is important for the management of scarabaeid pest species, as it unlocks the necessary information on the biology and ecol

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Shin, Eun Jung. "Characterization of novel marine oligotrophic bacteria isolated from the Pacific Ocean : description of Marinivirgula fluito gen. nov., sp. nov., Marinivirgula obesa gen. nov., sp. nov. and Litincola parvulus gen. nov., sp. nov." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/30417.

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Thornhill, Andrew Heath. "Extant and fossil Myrtaceae pollen morphology and their significance to systematics, phylogenetics, evolution, and biogeography of the family." Phd thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/149905.

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Fossils are needed to calibrate the molecular clock used for dating phylogenies. This has led to a re-examination of the identification and phylogenetic placement of fossils used for calibration. Until recently, fossil pollen has been neglected for calibration due to a belief that pollen lacks sufficiently useful characters. Consequently, taxonomy of extant pollen has also been neglected, and this applies particularly to the pollen of Myrtaceae, which was last fully revised in the 1950s. This study surveys pollen morphology across Myrtaceae, assessing the phylogenetic signal in pollen characte

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