[The phylogeny of 5 Chinese peculiar Parnassius butterflies using noninvasive sampling mtDNA sequences]

Yi Chuan Xue Bao. 1999;26(3):203-7.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

This paper employs nonivasive sampling DNA sequencing technique for estimating molecular phylogeny of 5 Chinese peculiar Parnassius Butterflies. Of 433bp mitochondrial cytochrome b DNA sequences, A% + T% was 75.4%, and 40 nucleotide sites were substituted (about 9.24%). The molecular phylogenetic tree constructed by parsimony method suggests that Parnassius acco is closely related to Parnassius baileyi; Parnassius apollo, Parnassius orlears, and Parnassius simo are independent branches respectively. Parnassius simo is divergent earlier. The result is identical with that of morphology.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Butterflies / classification
  • Butterflies / genetics*
  • DNA, Mitochondrial / chemistry*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Phylogeny

Substances

  • DNA, Mitochondrial