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Progress and prospects of the molecular phylogenetic studies of Drosophilidae

日本語

2011-03-31

Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University

Low Temperature Science

69

1-9

The phylogeny of Drosophilidae has been of great interest, and several classical studies have been made. Among them, one of the most famous studies was Throckmorton (1975), in which he proposed a phylogenetic framework for Drosophilidae based on the comparisons of internal morphology and biogeography. On the other hand, based on a cladistic analysis of external morphology, Grimaldi (1990) put forward another hypothesis that was substantially different from that of Throckmorton (1975). Since then, many molecular approaches have been undertaken in order to solve this problem. It is noteworthy that many phylogenetic studies using molecular data on the whole are in agreement with Throckmorton's classical hypothesis rather than Grimaldi's. Furthermore, these studies also give some additional findings that are different from either Throckmorton's or Grimaldi's. I review these results and then discus prospects of phylogenetic studies on Drosophilidae.

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