Functional morphology of the male genitalia in Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) and its signifi cance for phylogenetic analysis
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The main directions of the evolutionary transformation of some genital structures are demonstrated on the basis of morphoclines. Due to the adequate stability in position of the muscles in the copulatory apparatus the functional morphological method is suffi ciently reliable in solving taxonomic and phylogenetic problems. Some important misinterpretations of the homology in genital structures and incorrect coding in matrices for cladistic analyses are discussed, highlighting the signifi cance of functional morphological investigations for taxonomic and phylogenetic analyses.
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تاریخ انتشار 2008