| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1994 |
| Authors: | W. O. J. Ballard |
| Journal: | Journal of the Australian Entomological Society |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Pagination: | 131-135 |
| Date Published: | 31 |
| Type of Article: | Article |
| ISBN Number: | 0004-9050 |
| Keywords: | / / rRNA sequences] [Phylogeny / / rRNA sequence significance]., Austrosimulium bancrofti, Austrosimulium bancrofti - (Taylor) (Simuliidae)., Austrosimulium bancrofti (Simuliidae)., Austrosimulium pestilens - Mackerras & Mackerras (Simuliidae)., Austrosimulium pestilens (Simuliidae)., Austrosimulium pestilens [Ribosomes / / RNA, Cytology, Evolution, Genetics, Organelles, Protoplasm, sequences, systematic & phylogenetic significance] [Molecular genetics, Systematics |
| Abstract: | Systematic analysis of 12S ribosomal RNA sequences supports the proposal that adults of Austrosimulium pestilens Mackerras and Mackerras and A. bancrofti (Taylor) s.l. may be distinguished by antennal segment number. However, there were too few informative positions within the region sequenced to resolve the phylogenetic affinities of the distinct cytological forms within A. bancrofti s.l. These data demonstrate that 12S rRNA can aid phylogenetic resolution of blackfly morphospecies but not cytological forms. |
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