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Time flies, a new molecular time-scale for brachyceran fly evolution without a clockBrian M Wiegmann
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
Syst Biol 52:745-56. 2003..This study provides increased resolution of brachyceran phylogeny, and our revised estimates of fly ages should improve the temporal context of evolutionary inferences and genomic comparisons between fly model organisms...
Episodic radiations in the fly tree of lifeBrian M Wiegmann
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108:5690-5. 2011....- Single-copy nuclear genes resolve the phylogeny of the holometabolous insectsBrian M Wiegmann
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
BMC Biol 7:34. 2009..Here we present evidence from nucleotide sequences of six single-copy nuclear protein coding genes used to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships and estimate evolutionary divergence times for all holometabolan orders... 
A multigene phylogeny of the fly superfamily Asiloidea (Insecta): Taxon sampling and additional genes reveal the sister-group to all higher flies (Cyclorrhapha)Michelle D Trautwein
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 56:918-30. 2010....- Molecular evolution of PISTILLATA-like genes in the dogwood genus Cornus (Cornaceae)Wenheng Zhang
Department of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 7612, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 47:175-95. 2008..We also found that the CorPI-A copy contains informative phylogenetic information when compared across species of Cornus... - Evolutionary patterns in the antR-Cor gene in the dwarf dogwood complex (Cornus, Cornaceae)Chuanzhu Fan
Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 7612, USA
Genetica 130:19-34. 2007..Sequencing and analysis of additional nuclear genes will be necessary to resolve questions about the evolution of the dwarf dogwood complex... - Advances in insect phylogeny at the dawn of the postgenomic eraMichelle D Trautwein
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
Annu Rev Entomol 57:449-68. 2012..Regions of the tree that require further investigation include the earliest winged insects (Palaeoptera) and Polyneoptera (orthopteroid lineages)... - Phylogeny and Bayesian divergence time estimations of small-headed flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) using multiple molecular markersShaun L Winterton
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 43:808-32. 2007..These estimates indicate Acroceridae likely evolved during the late Triassic but did not diversify greatly until the Cretaceous... - Heterogeneous evolution of the Myc-like Anthocyanin regulatory gene and its phylogenetic utility in Cornus L. (Cornaceae)Chuanzhu Fan
Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 7612, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 33:580-94. 2004..Mosaic evolution and heterogeneous rates among different domains and sites were detected... - Overcoming the effects of rogue taxa: Evolutionary relationships of the bee fliesMichelle D Trautwein
Department of Entomology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC 27695 and CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Australian National Insect Collection, PO Box 1700 Canberra ACT 2601
PLoS Curr 3:RRN1233. 2011..The large subfamily Bombyliinae is found to be polyphyletic and our data does not provide evidence for the monophyly of Tomophthalmae or the 'sand chamber subfamilies'... - The phylogeny and evolution of host choice in the Hippoboscoidea (Diptera) as reconstructed using four molecular markersFrederik Torp Petersen
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Mol Phylogenet Evol 45:111-22. 2007.... - The phylogenetic relationships of flies in the superfamily Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera)John K Moulton
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 4560, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 43:701-13. 2007..Previously recognized subclades recovered with robust support included Hybotinae, Brachystomatinae, Tachydromiinae, Clinocerinae (in part), Hemerodromiinae, Empidinae, and Empidiini... - Phylogenetic relationships within the leaf-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) inferred from sequence data from multiple genesSonja J Scheffer
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 42:756-75. 2007..We evaluate our findings and discuss host-use evolution in light of current agromyzid taxonomy and two recent hypotheses of relationships based on morphological data... - Evolution and phylogenetic utility of CAD (rudimentary) among Mesozoic-aged Eremoneuran Diptera (Insecta)John K Moulton
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Center Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Building, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996 4560, USA
Mol Phylogenet Evol 31:363-78. 2004.... - A phylogenetic analysis of Coelopidae (Diptera) based on morphological and DNA sequence dataRudolf Meier
Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Denmark
Mol Phylogenet Evol 25:393-407. 2002..Biogeographic history and available behavioral and genetic data are also discussed in light of this first cladogram for Coelopidae based on a quantitative phylogenetic analysis... - Evolution and phylogenetic information content of the ribosomal DNA repeat unit in the Blattodea (Insecta)Dmitrv Mukha
Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gubkin St. 3, 117809, Moscow, Russia
Insect Biochem Mol Biol 32:951-60. 2002..8S subunit. These results support the idea that ITS sequences play an important role in the stability and function of the rRNA cluster...