A phylogeny of Drosophilidae using the Amyrel gene: questioning the Drosophila melanogaster species group boundaries
By J. Lage, G. Kergoat, F. Maczkowiak, Jean-François Silvain, M. Cariou, D. Lachaise. 2007
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In this study, the phylogenetic relationships of 164 species of the family Drosophilidae are discussed, using the Amyrel gene, a member of the a-amylase multigene family. This study focuses on numerous species groups in the subgenera Sophophora and Drosophila of the genus Drosophila but also includes other closely related genera. Nucleotide data were analysed by several methods: maximum parsimony, neighbour joining, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference. Heterogeneity of base composition (mainly low GC contents in the species groups willistoni and saltans) has been addressed. In all analyses, the genus Drosophila appeared paraphyletic. The subgenus Sophophora clearly appeared to be a monophyletic group, showing well-resolved clades, with the Neotropical groups arising in a basal position. Here, it is proposed to raise the species subgroups ananassae and montium to the rank of species group, and to restrict the melanogaster species group to the melanogaster subgroup plus the Oriental subgroups, among which the suzukii subgroup is polyphyletic. Some related genera such as Zaprionus, Liodrosophila, Scaptomyza and Hirtodrosophila are clustered with, or inside the subgenus Drosophila, which is therefore paraphyletic and should be reviewed.
Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Molecular Biology
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