Phylogenetic Relationships - dissertation studies by Torsten Dikow (2002–2007)

Here are some of my preliminary results of morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies conducted during my dissertation. They are organised by year and number of taxa employed in the respective analysis.

2004 - 40 taxa

  • morphology (68 characters)
  • 28S rDNA
  • morphology & 28S rDNA combined
  • 2005 - 68 taxa

  • morphology (68 characters) & 28S rDNA combined
  • 2005 - 45 taxa

  • morphology (68 characters)
  • morphology and 28S rDNA, CAD, & EF-1α combined
  • 2006 - 51 taxa

  • morphology (220 characters) and 18S, 28S rDNA, CAD, & EF-1α combined
  • 2007 - 158 taxa

  • morphology (220 characters) - published in 2009 - see details here
  • 2007 - 77 taxa

  • morphology (211 characters) and 18S, 28S rDNA, AATS, CAD, & EF-1α (7300 bp) - published in 2009 - see details here