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Citation for Study 16137

About Citation title: "Molecular systematics of the Asian torrent minnows (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data".
About Study name: "Molecular systematics of the Asian torrent minnows (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data".
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Citation

Conway K.W., Britz R., Shrestha J., Manimekalan A., & R?ber L. 2014. Molecular systematics of the Asian torrent minnows (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, .

Authors

  • Conway K.W.
  • Britz R.
  • Shrestha J.
  • Manimekalan A.
  • R?ber L.

Abstract

The phylogenetic relationships between members of the South Asian family Psilorhynchidae are investigated using both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Phylogenetic hypotheses were derived from maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony analyses of a three gene concatenated dataset, including cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (640bp), cytochrome b (1140bp) and exon 3 of the recombination-activating gene 1 (~1500bp). Our investigation provides strong support for the monophyly of two species groups of Psilorhynchus (the P. balitora and P. nudithoracicus species groups) and corroborates previous hypotheses on the phylogenetic position of the Western Ghats species P. tenura based on morphology. Basal relationships within Psilorhynchus were poorly supported and are worthy of further investigation. A fossil calibrated relaxed molecular clock estimates the split between Psilorhynchus and its sister group to have occurred within the Eocene/Oligocene, with subsequent diversification in the Miocene.

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