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2025 Poster Session B
B65 - Decoding Dissosteira: Genetic and Morphological Analysis of Species Boundaries
We hypothesized that D. carolina, D. longipennis, D. pictipennis, and D. spurcata exhibit significant genetic divergence in the COII mitochondrial gene and morphological characteristics that support their classification as distinct species.
2025 Poster Session B
B65 - Decoding Dissosteira: Genetic and Morphological Analysis of Species Boundaries
Mentor: Tereza Jezkova, Ph.D.
We hypothesized that D. carolina, D. longipennis, D. pictipennis, and D. spurcata exhibit significant genetic divergence in the COII mitochondrial gene and morphological characteristics that support their classification as distinct species. Alternatively, COII sequences demonstrating low divergence among taxa suggest current species boundaries are not reflective of true evolutionary separations, and some taxa may represent regional variants of a single species.
