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Mitochondrial Genomes Provide Insights into the Phylogeny of Lauxanioidea (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha)

Xuankun Li
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Wenliang Li
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Shuangmei Ding
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Stephen L. Cameron
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Meng Mao
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Li Shi
* ,
Ding Yang
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
Version 1 : Received: 23 March 2017 / Approved: 24 March 2017 / Online: 24 March 2017 (08:03:42 CET)

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Li, X.; Li, W.; Ding, S.; Cameron, S.L.; Mao, M.; Shi, L.; Yang, D. Mitochondrial Genomes Provide Insights into the Phylogeny of Lauxanioidea (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2017, 18, 773. Li, X.; Li, W.; Ding, S.; Cameron, S.L.; Mao, M.; Shi, L.; Yang, D. Mitochondrial Genomes Provide Insights into the Phylogeny of Lauxanioidea (Diptera: Cyclorrhapha). Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2017, 18, 773.

Abstract

The superfamily Lauxanioidea is a significant dipteran clade including over 2500 known species in three families: Lauxaniidae, Celyphidae and Chamaemyiidae. We sequenced the first five (three complete and two partial) lauxanioid mitochondrial (mt) genomes, and used them to reconstruct the phylogeny of this group. The lauxanioid mt genomes are typical of the Diptera, containing all 37 genes usually present in bilaterian animals. A total of three conserved intergenic sequences have been reported across the Cyclorrhapha. The inferred secondary structure of 22 tRNAs suggested five substitution patterns among the Cyclorrhapha. The control region in the Lauxanioidea has apparently evolved very fast, but four conserved structural elements were detected in all three complete mt genome sequences. Phylogenetic relationships based on the mt genome data were inferred by Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian methods. The traditional relationships between families within the Lauxanioidea, (Chamaemyiidae + (Lauxaniidae + Celyphidae)), was corroborated, however, the higher level relationships between cyclorrhaphan superfamilies are mostly poorly supported.

Keywords

Lauxanioidea; Cyclorrhapha; mitochondrial genome; phylogeny; RNAs; intergenic sequences

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Insect Science

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