Paul T. Smith
California State University, Bakersfield
30 Papers
213 Citations
Paul T. Smith is an academic researcher from California State University, Bakersfield. The author has contributed to research in topics: Monophyly & Phylogenetic tree. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 30 publications. Previous affiliations of Paul T. Smith include Pennsylvania State University & University of California, Berkeley.
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Papers
PCR primers for the amplification of four insect mitochondrial gene fragments
Srini Kambhampati,Paul T. Smith +1 more
TL;DR: New primer sequences for six insect mitochondrial genes are presented and test primers designed in the laboratory and some previously published primers on a wide range of insects to determine if amplification of the target fragment could be obtained.
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Phylogenetic relationships among Bactrocera species (Diptera: Tephritidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences
TL;DR: Maximum parsimony analyses suggested that the morphological characters exhibit a simple evolutionary transition from one character state to another, and the evolutionary trend in male-lure response was identified as being a labile behavior that has been lost on multiple occasions.
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A Phylogeny of Aphid Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) Inferred From Mitochondrial NADH 1 Dehydrogenase Gene Sequence
TL;DR: A phylogenetic study of Aphidiinae was undertaken, utilizing 465 bp of DNA sequence of the mitochondrial NADH1 dehydrogenase gene and suggested that in agreement with most of the previously proposed phylogenies, the aphidiines, each of the three recognized tribes (Praini, Ephedrini, Aphidiini), and most genera are monophyletic.
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Mitochondrial DNA variation among populations of the glassy-winged sharpshooter, Homalodisca coagulata
TL;DR: DNA sequencing analysis was used to characterize a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene from a single population of the smoke tree sharpshooter, Homalodisca liturata, in California and from 20 natural populations of H. coagulata distributed in Tahiti, suggesting that they do not hybridize.
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Three new species of the wood roach, cryptocercus (Blattodea: Cryptocercidae), from the Eastern United States
TL;DR: Three new species of the wood roach, Cryptocercus (Blattodea: Cryptocerci dae), are described from the Appalachian mountains in the eastern United States on the basis of consistent differences in the DNA sequence of the two mitochondrial rRNA genes and chromosome number.
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