Comparative Electropherograms of the Family Catostomidae

1967 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tsuyuki ◽  
E. Roberts ◽  
R. H. Kerr ◽  
J. F. Uthe ◽  
L. W. Clarke

The muscle myogens of Catostomus catostomus exhibit polymorphism. Specimens from Great Slave Lake and Babine Lake were homozygous to pattern type A, whereas those from Lake Superior possessed patterns homozygous to A and B as well as the heterozygote AB. Those of C. commersoni, Moxostoma macrolepidotum, M. anisurum, and M. erythrurum were relatively uniform, showing only odd variants. The two specimens of Ictiobus bubalus examined displayed different patterns. Blood hemoglobin patterns of M. macrolepidotum existed in five, M. anisurum in two, and C. commersoni in three polymorphic forms. The number of specimens of I. bubalus, M. melanops, and Carpiodes cyprinus examined was insufficient to assess the existence of polymorphism. Muscle myogen electropherograms of the eight species investigated reflect overall family resemblances, distinctive generic groupings as well as phylogenetic relationships which compare favorably with those in existence. Intergradations might occur upon a more extensive coverage of this family and which might somewhat obscure this overall picture are discussed.

1966 ◽  
Vol 23 (10) ◽  
pp. 1599-1606 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Tsuyuki ◽  
J. F. Uthe ◽  
E. Roberts ◽  
L. W. Clarke

Zone electropherograms of muscle myogens and blood proteins of members of the family Salmonidae revealed in addition to species specificity, marked similarities at the genus and family levels. In genera investigated, other than the Oncorhynchus, intraspecies polymorphisms were found. Two general hemoglobin patterns were uncovered from specimens of Coregonus clupeaformis from Great Slave Lake while their muscle myogen patterns were specifically uniform. Salvelinus namaycush from Lake Superior and Cayuga Lake were readily distinguishable by differences in their multiple hemoglobin patterns as well as by plasma proteins as revealed by polyacrylamide disc electrophoresis. Muscle myogen electropherograms of S. namaycush, S. alpinus, and S. malma showed striking similarities, the latter two being almost superimposable while the patterns of Salvelinus fontinalis were more closely allied to that of the genus Salmo. The value of muscle myogens in phylogenetic studies and in intraspecies protein variations as diagnostic characters in stock analyses is discussed.


2002 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy S. M. Hill ◽  
Cara Hoffart ◽  
Mark Buchheim

2005 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisca do Val ◽  
Paulo Nuin

AbstractThe systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the family Leptodactylidae are controversial as is the intrafamilial phylogeny of the leptodactylids. Here we analyze the relationships of the leptodactylid subfamily Hylodinae. This subfamily has been considered to be monophyletic and composed of three genera, Hylodes, Crossodactylus and Megaelosia. In the present study 49 characters were used, based on different studies on Leptodactylidae phylogeny. Maximum parsimony methods with unweighted and successively weighted characters were used to estimate the phylogeny of the Hylodinae. Upon analysis, the data provided further evidence of the monophyletic status of the three genera, with Megaelosia being the basal genus and the other two genera being sister taxa. The analysis with successive weighting results in a more resolved topology of the species subgroups of the genus Hylodes and separates this genus from Crossodactylus and confirms that the hylodines are monophyletic.


Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4990 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-200
Author(s):  
SIMONE MARIA DE ALBUQUERQUE LIRA ◽  
CYNTHIA DAYANNE MELLO DE LIMA ◽  
IGOR DE ÁVILA TEIXEIRA ◽  
RALF SCHWAMBORN

The objective of this paper is to describe and illustrate the first zoeal stage of the largest land crab of the Tropical Atlantic, Johngarthia lagostoma (Milne Edwards, 1837) (Brachyura: Gecarcinidae). A larval description of J. lagostoma was previously not available. Larvae were obtained from ovigerous females on Rocas Atoll and Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Brazil. Twenty larvae were randomly chosen to be dissected and described in detail, while 40 others (20 larvae from each island) were measured only. The published description of the congener J. planatus (Stimpson, 1860) larvae was used for a comparison of larval morphology. Some morphological differences between the first zoeal stage of these two species were: The absence or presence of a simple shorter seta on antennule, number of the minute terminal spines on the antenna, setation of the coxal endite of the maxilla, exopod unsegmented of the first and second maxilliped, and a single mid-dorsal seta on first pleonite. These results and differences observed between these species can assist in studies on phylogenetic relationships within the Family Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838, as well as in the identification of the larvae of J. Lagostoma in plankton samples from the tropical Atlantic.  


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Loureiro ◽  
Rafael de Sá ◽  
Sebastián W. Serra ◽  
Felipe Alonso ◽  
Luis Esteban Krause Lanés ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The family Rivulidae is the fourth most diverse clade of Neotropical fishes. Together with some genera of the related African family Nothobranchiidae, many rivulids exhibit a characteristic annual life cycle, with diapausing eggs and delayed embryonic development, which allows them to survive in the challenging seasonal ponds that they inhabit. Rivulidae also includes two species known as the only the self-fertilizing vertebrates and some species with internal fertilization. The first goal of this article is to review the systematics of the family considering phylogenetic relationships and synapomorphies of subfamilial clades, thus unifying information that is dispersed throughout the literature. From this revision, it is clear that phylogenetic relationships within Rivulidae are poorly resolved, especially in one of the large clades that compose it, the subfamily Rivulinae, where conflicting hypotheses of relationships of non-annual and annual genera are evident. The second goal of this work is to present an updated phylogenetic hypothesis (based on mitochondrial, nuclear, and morphological information) for one of the most speciose genus of Rivulidae, Austrolebias. Our results confirm the monophyly of the genus and of some subgeneric clades already diagnosed, but propose new relationships among them and their species composition, particularly in the subgenus Acrolebias.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anamarija Butković ◽  
Rubén González ◽  
Santiago F. Elena

ABSTRACTThe family Tospoviridae, a member of the Bunyavirales order, is constituted of tri-segmented negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses that infect plants and are also able of replicating in their insect vectors in a persistent manner. The family is composed of a single genus, the Orthotospovirus, whose type species is Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Previous studies assessing the phylogenetic relationships within this genus were based upon partial genomic sequences, thus resulting in unresolved clades and a poor assessment of the roles of recombination and genome shuffling during mixed infections. Complete genomic data for most Orthotospovirus species are now available at NCBI genome database. In this study we have used 62 complete genomes from 20 species. Our study confirms the existence of four phylogroups (A to D), grouped in two major clades (A-B and C-D), within the genus. We have estimated the split between the two major clades ∼3,100 years ago shortly followed by the split between the A and B phylogroups ∼2,860 years ago. The split between the C and D phylogroups happened more recently, ∼1,465 years ago. Segment reassortment has been shown to be important in the generation of novel viruses. Likewise, within-segment recombination events have been involved in the origin of new viral species. Finally, phylogeographic analyses of representative viruses suggests the Australasian ecozone as the possible origin of the genus, followed by complex patterns of migration, with rapid global spread and numerous reintroduction events.IMPORTANCEMembers of the Orthotospovirus genus infect a large number of plant families, including food crops and ornamentals, resulting in multimillionaire economical losses. Despite this importance, phylogenetic relationships within the genus were established years ago based in partial genomic sequences. A peculiarity of orthotospoviruses is their tri-segmented negative sense genomes, which makes segment reassortment and within-segment recombination, two forms of viral sex, potential evolutionary forces. Using full genomes from all described orthotospovirus species, we revisited their phylogeny and confirmed the existence of four major phylogroups with uneven geographic distribution. We have also shown a pervasive role of sex in the origin of new viral species. Finally, using Bayesian phylogeographic methods, we assessed the possible geographic origin and historical dispersal of representative viruses from the different phylogroups.


Cladistics ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 642-676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew D. Warren ◽  
Joshua R. Ogawa ◽  
Andrew V. Z. Brower

Botany ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (7) ◽  
pp. 719-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffery M. Saarela ◽  
Peter J. Prentis ◽  
Hardeep S. Rai ◽  
Sean W. Graham

To characterize higher-order phylogenetic relationships among the five families of Commelinales, we surveyed multiple plastid loci from exemplar taxa sampled broadly from the order, and from other major monocot lineages. Phylogenetic inferences in Commelinales using parsimony and likelihood methods are congruent, and we find strong support for most aspects of higher-order relationship in the order. We obtain moderately strong support for the local placement of Philydraceae, a family whose position has proven particularly difficult to infer in previous studies. Commelinaceae and Hanguanaceae are sister taxa, and together they are the sister group of a clade consisting of Haemodoraceae, Philydraceae, and Pontederiaceae; Haemodoraceae and Pontederiaceae are also sister taxa. Our sampling of Philydraceae includes all three or four genera in the family; we identify Philydrella as the sister group of a Helmholtzia–Philydrum clade, a resolution that is potentially consistent with several aspects of morphology.


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