Faster evolutionary rates in endosymbiotic bacteria than in cospeciating insect hosts

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 727-731

  Moran, Nancy A ^a   von Dohlen, Carol D ^a   Baumann, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphid; Bacteria; Buchnera; Cospeciation; Endosymbiosis; Evolutionary rates; Molecular clock; Prokaryote; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

APHID; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PROKARYOTE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 0029565877     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: 14321432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00173152     Document Type: Article

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