Phylogenetic relationships of the Alysiinae/Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and the utility of cytochrome b, 16S and 28S D2 rRNA

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 273-284

  Gimeno, C ^a   Belshaw, R ^a   Quicke, D L J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Braconidae; Diptera parasitoids; Host associations; Molecular phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

ALYSIINAE; BRACONIDAE; DIPTERA; GNAMPTODONTINAE; HYMENOPTERA; OPIINAE;

CYTOCHROME B; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 28S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME B GROUP; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030610086     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1997.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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