Mitogenomes of Giant-Skipper Butterflies reveal an ancient split between deep and shallow root feeders

Background: Giant-Skipper butterflies from the genus Megathymus are North American endemics. These large and thick-bodied Skippers resemble moths and are unique in their life cycles. Grub-like at the later stages of development, caterpillars of these species feed and live inside yucca roots. Adults...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Fan, Xiao-Ling, Wang, Rongjiang, Wang, Min, Grishin, Nick V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: F1000Research 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5373422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28408977
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10970.1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5373422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28408977
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.10970.1

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