Hierarchical analysis of variation in the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene among Hymenoptera

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1728-1743

  Whitfield, James B ^a,b   Cameron, Sydney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hymenoptera; Insects; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAXONOMY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SYMPHYTA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0031741183     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025899     Document Type: Article

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