title: Silent evolution.
abstract: Phylogenetic analyses using mitochondrial DNA sequences of several kinds of beetles have shown that their evolution included a silent stage in which no morphological changes took place. We thus propose a new category of evolutionary process called "silent evolution".
authors.forename: Syozo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Osawa
authors.forename: Zhi-Hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishikawa
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Tominaga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics; D017344:Genes, Insect; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV