Phylogenetic relationships of the Culicomorpha inferred from 18S and 5.8S ribosomal DNA sequences (Diptera: Nematocera)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-114

  Miller, B R ^a,b   Crabtree, M B ^a   Savage, H M ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

18S; 5.8S; Cullcomorpha; mosquito; Nematocera; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHAOBORIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; CORETHRELLIDAE; CULICIDAE; CULICOMORPHA; DIPTERA; DIXIDAE; NEMATOCERA;

EID: 0031148663     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1997.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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