18S ribosomal RNA genes of insects: Primary structure of the genes and molecular phylogeny of the holometabola

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 788-803

  Chalwatzis, Nicolas ^a   Hauf, Jörg ^a   Van De Peer, Yves ^b   Kinzelbach, Ragnar ^a   Zimmermann, Friedrich K ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Holometabola; Macoptera; Phylogeny; Siphonaptera; Strepsiptera

Indexed keywords

DIPTERA; ENDOPTERYGOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MECOPTERA; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 0000977506     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/89.6.788     Document Type: Article

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