A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera)
Authors: Heikkila M, Mutanen M, Wahlberg N, Sihvonen P, Kaila L
Publisher: Biomed Central LTD
Publication year: 2015
Journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology
Journal name in source: BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Journal acronym: BMC Evol Biol
Article number: ARTN 260
Volume: 15
Issue: 260
Number of pages: 27
ISSN: 1471-2148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0520-0(external)
Web address : http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-015-0520-0(external)
Conclusions: The large morphological dataset provides information on the diversity and distribution of morphological traits in Ditrysia, and can be used in future research on the evolution of these traits, in identification keys and in identification of fossil Lepidoptera. The "backbone" of the phylogeny for Ditrysia remains largely unresolved. As previously proposed as an explanation for the scarcity of molecular signal in resolving the deeper nodes, this may be due to the rapid radiation of Ditrysia in the Cretaceous.