Keywords :
Cytochrome oxidase II, MULTIDIVTIME, Fungus-growing termites, Cryptic species, Molecular clock
บทคัดย่อ :
The evolution of fungus-growing termites is supposed to have started in the African rain forests. We used sequences of the mitochondrial COII gene and Bayesian dating to
investigate the time frame of the evolution of Macrotermes, an important genus of fungus-growing termites.Apparently, events during the Pleistocene were
of little importance for speciation within the genus Macrotermes. However, further investigations are necessary to increase the number of taxa for phylogenetic analysis.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Brandl, R., Hyodo, F., von Korff-Schmising, M., Maekawa, K., Miura, T., Takematsu, Y., ... & Kaib, M. (2007). Divergence times in the termite genus Macrotermes (Isoptera: Termitidae). Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 45(1), 239-250.
