Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study

C Regier, Jerome; Zwick, Andreas; P Cummings, Michael; Y Kawahara, Akito; Cho, Soowon; Weller, Susan; Roe, Amanda; Baixeras, Joaquin; W Brown, John; Parr, Cynthia; R Davis, Donald; Epstein, Marc; Hallwachs, Winifred; Hausmann, Axel; H Janzen, Daniel; J Kitching, Ian; Alma Solis, M; Yen, Shen-Horn; L Bazinet, Adam; Mitter, Charles

doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-280

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Toward reconstructing the evolution of advanced moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia): an initial molecular study

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Authors:

Jerome C Regier

Andreas Zwick

Michael P Cummings

Abstract

Abstract Background In the mega-diverse insect order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths; 165,000 described species), deeper relationships are little understood within the clade Ditrysia, to which 98% of the species belong. To begin addressing this problem, we tested the ability of five protein-codin...

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