Hermes Fonseca de Medeiros

Publications of Hermes Fonseca de Medeiros

• Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila tripunctata and closely related species groups (Diptera: Drosophilidae).

  Authors: Luciane Mendes Hatadani, James O McInerney, Hermes Fonseca de Medeiros, Ana Carolina Martins Junqueira, Ana Maria de Azeredo-Espin, Louis Bernard Klaczko

  Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. 04/2009;

  We suggest a new phylogenetic hypothesis for the tripunctata radiation based on sequences of mitochondrial genes. Phylogenetic trees were reconstructed by parsimony, maximum likelihood and BayesianWe suggest a new phylogenetic hypothesis for the tripunctata radiation based on sequences of mitochondrial genes. Phylogenetic trees were reconstructed by parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods. We performed tests for hypotheses of monophyly for taxonomic groups and other specific hypotheses. Results reject the monophyly for the tripunctata group whereas monophyly is not rejected for the tripunctata radiation and other specific groups within the radiation. Although most of the basal nodes were unresolved we were able to identify four clusters within the tripunctata radiation. These results suggest the collection of additional data before a proper taxonomic revision could be proposed.

• Molecular phylogeny of the Drosophila tripunctata and closely related species groups (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

  Authors: Luciane Mendes Hatadani, James O. McInerney, Hermes Fonseca de Medeiros, Ana Carolina Martins Junqueira, Ana Maria de Azeredo-Espin, Louis Bernard Klaczko

  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

  We suggest a new phylogenetic hypothesis for the tripunctata radiation based on sequences of mitochondrial genes. Phylogenetic trees were reconstructed by parsimony, maximum likelihood and BayesianWe suggest a new phylogenetic hypothesis for the tripunctata radiation based on sequences of mitochondrial genes. Phylogenetic trees were reconstructed by parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian methods. We performed tests for hypotheses of monophyly for taxonomic groups and other specific hypotheses. Results reject the monophyly for the tripunctata group whereas monophyly is not rejected for the tripunctata radiation and other specific groups within the radiation. Although most of the basal nodes were unresolved we were able to identify four clusters within the tripunctata radiation. These results suggest the collection of additional data before a proper taxonomic revision could be proposed.