Exploring species boundaries with multiple genetic loci using empirical data from non‐biting midges

• Published in: Zoologica scripta Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 325 - 341
• Main Authors: Lin, Xiao‐Long, Stur, Elisabeth, Ekrem, Torbjørn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oslo Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2018
• Subjects: Aquatic insects; Bayesian analysis; Bayesian phylogenetics; Biting; Carbamoyl phosphate; Ceratopogonidae; Cryptic species; Cytochrome-c oxidase; Cytochromes; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA barcoding; Empirical analysis; Gene loci; Gene sequencing; generalized mixed Yule coalescent; Hybridization; Mathematical models; maximum likelihood; Mitochondria; Morphology; networks; Phosphates; Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating); Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Probability theory; Proteins; Speciation; Species; species delimitation; Tanytarsus; tRNA

Over the past decade, molecular approaches to species delimitation have seen rapid development. However, species delimitation based on a single locus, for example, DNA barcodes, can lead to inaccurate results in cases of recent speciation and incomplete lineage sorting. Here, we compare the performa...