The vinegar fly Drosophila suzukii, Spotted Wing Drosophila, is a highly polyphagous
invasive pest endemic to South East Asia, which has recently invaded western countries. Its …

Understanding phylogenetic relationships among taxa is key to designing and implementing
comparative analyses. The genus Drosophila, which contains over 1600 species, is one of …

BACKGROUND: Drosophila suzukii is an oriental species first reported outside Asia from
Hawaii in 1980. The first confirmed records for the continental United States were made in …

One of the most pervasive challenges in molecular phylogenetics is the incongruence
between phylogenies obtained using different data sets, such as individual genes. To …

The gain, loss or modification of morphological traits is generally associated with changes in
gene regulation during development. However, the molecular bases underlying these …

The independent evolution of morphological similarities is widespread,. For simple traits,
such as overall body colour, repeated transitions by means of mutations in the same gene …

The relative contribution of taxon number and gene number to accuracy in phylogenetic
inference is a major issue in phylogenetics and of central importance to the choice of …

The phylogenetic relationship of the now fully sequenced species Drosophila erecta and D.
yakuba with respect to the D. melanogaster species complex has been a subject of …

The relation between thermal tolerance and latitudinal distribution was studied with 30
drosophilid species collected from the cool-temperate region (Sapporo), the warm …

Phylogenetic analysis is used to recover the evolutionary history of species, genes or
proteins. Understanding phylogenetic relationships between organisms is a prerequisite of …