Patterns of mitochondrial versus nuclear DNA sequence divergence among nymphalid butterflies: The utility of wingless as a source of characters for phylogenetic inference

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Brower, A V Z ^a,b   DeSalle, R ^a  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COII; Lepidoptera; Molecular systematics; mtDNA; Nymphalidae; Wingless

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; ONCOPROTEIN; WINGLESS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUTTERFLIES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032007952     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1998.71052.x     Document Type: Article

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