Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
The five divergent amino acids rule and evolution analysis of cytochrome c oxidase as new methods for Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 species differentiation (Chilopoda. Scolopendromorpha).
C. Doménech, Víctor Manuel Barberá, Eduardo Larriba
The paper identifies five divergent amino acids in COI sequences to differentiate Scolopendra species and proposes a rule for molecular species delimitation, with exceptions resolved using amino acid frequency and substitution probability analysis.
DOI 10.1101/2025.11.24.690109