BMC Evolutionary Biology

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Gall-induction in insects: evolutionary dead-end or speciation driver?

Nate B Hardy1* and Lyn G Cook2

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1 Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries, Entomology, Brisbane, Queensland 4068, Australia

2 The University of Queensland, School of Biological Sciences, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia

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BMC Evolutionary Biology 2010, 10:257 doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-257

Published: 25 August 2010

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Phylogenetic datasets and results. Survey of DNA sequence-based phylogenetic studies including gall-inducing groups, and details of phylogenetic estimates performed here.

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ML tree estimated from aphid DNA sequence data. Aphidoidea ML phylogeny estimated from analysis of EF1α, long-wavelength opsin, COI, COII, cytochrome b, NADH dehydrogenase 1, ATP synthase subunit 6, and mitochondrial ribosomal subunits 12 S and 16 S dataset partitioned by genome and codon position. Major lineages are labeled following the classification used by Blackman and Eastop.

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ML tree estimated from cynipoid DNA sequence data. Cynipoidea ML phylogeny estimated from analysis of 28 S, 18 S, and COI dataset partitioned by genome and codon position. Deep relationships supported by >70% bootstrap proportions denoted by stars. Empty circle indicated clade of unpublished Cynipini sequences assumed to be misidentifications of synergine inquilines.

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ML tree estimated form chalcidoid DNA sequence data. Chalcidoidea ML phylogeny estimated from analysis of 28 S sequences. Deep relationships supported by >70% bootstrap proportions denoted by stars. Group A composed of exemplars of the following families: Aphelinidae, Chalcididae, Encyrtidae, Eucharitidae, Leucospidae, Mymaridae, Pteromalidae, Perilampidae, Tetracampidae; Group B composed of exemplars of: Aphelinidae, Eurytomidae, Ormyridae, Perilampidae, Pteromalidae, Tanaostigmatidae, Tetracampidae, Torymidae.

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Python script to automate sister taxon comparisons. A program that reads sister clade species diversities in a CSV file, calculates diversity contrasts with multiple metrics, and evaluates significance with either Siegel's randomization test for matched pairs, the Wilcoxon signed rank test, or normal approximation of the Wilcoxon signed rank test.

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