Page, R. (1996) Temporal congruence revisited: Comparison of mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence in cospeciating pocket gophers and their chewing lice. Systematic Biology, 45(2), pp. 151-167. (doi: 10.1093/sysbio/45.2.151)
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Abstract
Molecular phylogenies can be used to test hypotheses of cospedation between hosts and parasites by comparing both cladistic relationships and branch lengths. Molecular data can also help discriminate between competing reconstructions of the history of the host-parasite assodation. Methods for comparing sequence divergence in hosts and parasites are described and applied to data for pocket gophers and their chewing lice. The hypothesis of cospedation between these two clades is strongly supported. The lengths of homologous branches in the gopher and louse phylogenies are positively correlated, but there is little support for the hypothesis that lice are evolving an order of magnitude faster than are their hosts.
| Item Type: | Articles |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Page, Professor Roderic |
| Authors: | Page, R. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Journal Name: | Systematic Biology |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 1063-5157 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1076-836X |
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