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August 12, 2025International Journal of Molecular SciencesOpen Access

A Comparative Analysis and Limited Phylogenetic Implications of Mitogenomes in Infraorder-Level Diptera

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HYHuan YuanBCBin Chen

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Comparative analysis reveals complex relationships in Diptera, suggesting new insights into Nematocera and Brachycera origins.

Key Points

  • The phylogenetic analysis indicated that the relationships among the infraorders in Diptera lacked strong statistical support, suggesting uncertainty.
  • Analysis of 25 newly sequenced mitogenomes combined with data from 180 species resulted in insights into Diptera's evolutionary history.
  • Only two of six infraorders within Nematocera were found to be monophyletic, with supportive evidence for their relationships emerging.
  • The study proposes that Diptera could have originated earlier than the Late Triassic, with the oldest brachyeran Diptera dating back to the mid-Jurassic.

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Yuan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a360f20a429f7973329abehttps://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26157222
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