Comparison of isoenzyme electrophoresis and morphometric analysis for phylogenetic reconstruction of the Rhodniini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae).
A phylogenetic reconstruction of the medically important tribe Rhodniini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) based on multilocus isoenzyme electrophoresis is compared with phylogenetic patterns derived from a traditional morphometric analysis. Even with non-normality in the morphometric data, and some inequalities in population variances, discriminant analysis of size-free variables provided broadly similar phylogenetic information to that derived from isoenzyme analysis, revealing 3 main species groups within the genus Rhodnius.
Dujardin
J P
JP
UMR CNRS-ORSTOM 9926, ORSTOM, Montpellier, France.
Chavez
T
T
Moreno
J M
JM
Machane
M
M
Noireau
F
F
Schofield
C J
CJ
D000818:Animals; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D004586:Electrophoresis; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000201:enzymology; D010802:Phylogeny; D012239:Rhodnius / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics
D007527:Isoenzymes