Yeap , Beng Keok
(2010)
Molecular Systematics Of Subterranean
Termites Coptotermes Spp., Microsatellite
Development And Population Genetics Of
Coptotermes Gestroi (Wasmann) (Blattodea:
Rhinotermitidae).
PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
This dissertation focused on the systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the
subterranean termites (genus Coptotermes), and population genetics of Coptotermes
gestroi (Wasmann). The phylogenetic relationships of 14 putative Coptotermes spp.
[Coptotermes acinaciformis Froggatt, Coptotermes cochlearus Xia & He, Coptotermes
curvignathus Holmgren, Coptotermes dimorphus Xia & He, Coptotermes frenchi Hill,
Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, Coptotermes gestroi, Coptotermes guangzhouensis
Ping, Coptotermes heimi (Wasmann), Coptotermes kalshoveni Kemner, Coptotermes
lacteus (Froggatt), Coptotermes sepangensis Krishna, Coptotermes travians (Haviland),
and Coptotermes vastator Light] were determined using mitochondrial DNA sequences
(12S, 16S, and COII genes). Available sequences from the Genbank for these species
were also included in the analyses. Maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood of the
combined nucleotide matrices of the 12S, 16S, and COII genes resulted in two major
clades with six subclades: I (C. acinaciformis), II (C. lacteus and C. frenchi), III (C.
curvignathus), IV (C. kalshoveni, C. sepangensis, and C. travians), V (C. gestroi, C.
heimi, and C. vastator), and VI (C. formosanus, C. cochlearus, C. dimorphus, and C.
guangzhouensis).
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