Published May 29, 2021
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Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA
- 2. Department of Biophysics; Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA
- 3. Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177, USA
- 4. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA
Description
The authors use all protein-coding genes as they are retrieved from the whole genome shotgun sequences of butterflies for phylogeny construction. Analysis of these genome-scale phylogenies projected onto the taxonomic classification and the knowledge about butterfly phenotypes suggests further refinements of butterfly taxonomy.