Origin and diversification of hindwingless Damaster ground beetles within the Japanese islands as deduced from mitochondrial ND5 gene sequences (Coleoptera, Carabidae)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1026-1039

  Su, Zhi Hui ^a   Tominaga, Osamu ^a   Okamoto, Munehiro ^b   Osawa, Syozo ^a  

^a JT Biohistory Research Hall ^*  (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Damaster lineages; Geographically linked phylogeny; Ground beetles; Mitochondrial DNA; ND5 gene; Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; FORELIMB; GENE SEQUENCE; GENEALOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DAMASTER; INSECTA;

EID: 0031904350     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026001     Document Type: Article

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