A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Phylogenetic relationships among genera of danaine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) as implied by morphology and DNA sequences
Authors: Brower AVZ, Wahlberg N, Ogawa JR, Boppre M, Vane-Wright RI
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2010
Journal: Systematics and Biodiversity
Journal name in source: SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY
Journal acronym: SYST BIODIVERS
Number in series: 1
Volume: 8
Issue: 1
First page : 75
Last page: 89
Number of pages: 15
ISSN: 1477-2000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14772001003626814
Abstract
Cladistic relationships among genera and subtribes of Danaini (the milkweed butterflies) were inferred by analysis of data combined from five sources: morphology of adults and immature stages, and DNA sequences from three gene regions. The results corroborate and greatly increase support for prior hypotheses based on morphology alone. A new index summarizing incongruence among data partitions, the Partition Congruence Proportion (PCP), is introduced. The significance of the inferred pattern of phylogenetic relationships for comparative chemical ecology of milkweed butterflies is briefly discussed.
Cladistic relationships among genera and subtribes of Danaini (the milkweed butterflies) were inferred by analysis of data combined from five sources: morphology of adults and immature stages, and DNA sequences from three gene regions. The results corroborate and greatly increase support for prior hypotheses based on morphology alone. A new index summarizing incongruence among data partitions, the Partition Congruence Proportion (PCP), is introduced. The significance of the inferred pattern of phylogenetic relationships for comparative chemical ecology of milkweed butterflies is briefly discussed.
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