Evolutionary relationships among the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) inferred from partial 16S rDNA gene sequences

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-150

  Dowton, M ^a,b   Austin, A D ^a   Antolin, M F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Braconidae; Cyclostome; Evolution; Molecular phylogeny; Parasitism

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; WASPS;

AGATHIDINAE; ANIMALIA; APHIDIINAE; BLACINAE; BRACONIDAE; CHELONINAE; DORYCTINAE; GNAMPTODONTINAE; HELCONINAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; INSECTA; MESOSTOINAE; MICROGASTRINAE; MIRACINAE; NEONEURINAE; RHYSSALINAE; ROGADINAE; SIGALPHINAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0032079589     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1998.72058.x     Document Type: Article

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