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Silent Evolution

tree Phylogenetic tree of the mitochondrial ND5 gene for three species of the genus Tomocarabus, with T. harmandii as the outgroup. Note that morphology of each species remains unchanged for a long time (silent evolution).

1. T. fraterculus from Chirisan Mts., Korea
2.ditto from Liaoning, China
3.T. opaculus from Akita, Japan
4.ditto from Hokkaido, Japan
5.T. convexus from Germany
6.ditto from Turkey