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Phylogeny of selected species of subgenus Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Guatemala, based on nucleotide sequences from three genes

dc.contributor.authorDeus, Stephen, author
dc.contributor.authorBlack, William C., IV, advisor
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T19:26:11Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T19:26:11Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractPhylogeny was inferred for subgenus Culex mosquitoes from the United States, Guatemala and Puerto Rico based on aligned nucleotide sequences from three genetic regions: 705 base pairs (bp) of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit II (COII) gene, a region of ribosomal DNA containing internal transcribed spacers (ITS) 1 and 2, and 850 bp of the nuclear protein-coding white gene. Each gene was evaluated for its utility in phylogenetic inference, as were four methods of phylogenetic analysis: neighbor-joining distance, parsimony, maximum likelihood, and Bayesian analysis. A simultaneous analysis of the COII and ITS data was performed using the Bayesian method. The phylogeny challenges the monophyly of subgenus Culex and helps clarify the phylogenetic positions of subgenus Phenacomyia and genus Deinocerites relative to subgenus Culex.
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierETDF_Deus_2009_3401038.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/237683
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartof2000-2019
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dc.subjectCulex
dc.subjectmosquitoes
dc.subjectnucleotide sequences
dc.subjectentomology
dc.subjectevolution and development
dc.subjectevolution and development
dc.titlePhylogeny of selected species of subgenus Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Guatemala, based on nucleotide sequences from three genes
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thesis.degree.disciplineMicrobiology, Immunology, and Pathology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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