Phylogenetic utility of flongation factor-1α in noctuoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera): the limits of synonymous substitution

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 381-390

  Mitchell, Andrew ^a,d   Cho, Soowon ^a   Regier, Jerome C ^a   Mitter, Charles ^a   Poole, Robert W ^b   Matthews, Marcus ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

molecular systematics; Noctuidae; Noctuoidea; synonymous substitutions

Indexed keywords

DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INSECT; LEPIDOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; LEPIDOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0030615250     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025774     Document Type: Article

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