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Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).

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SUBMITTER: Kawahara AY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3145599 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Increased gene sampling strengthens support for higher-level groups within leaf-mining moths and relatives (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae).

Kawahara Akito Y AY Ohshima Issei I Kawakita Atsushi A Regier Jerome C JC Mitter Charles C Cummings Michael P MP Davis Donald R DR Wagner David L DL De Prins Jurate J Lopez-Vaamonde Carlos C

BMC evolutionary biology 20110624

<h4>Background</h4>Researchers conducting molecular phylogenetic studies are frequently faced with the decision of what to do when weak branch support is obtained for key nodes of importance. As one solution, the researcher may choose to sequence additional orthologous genes of appropriate evolutionary rate for the taxa in the study. However, generating large, complete data matrices can become increasingly difficult as the number of characters increases. A few empirical studies have shown that a ...[more]

PMID: 21702958

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