The Major Opsin in Bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera): A Promising Nuclear Gene for Higher Level Phylogenetics

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 168-176

  Mardulyn, Patrick ^a   Cameron, Sydney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

bees; Hymenoptera; long wavelength rhodopsin; LW Rh; Major opsin; molecular phylogeny; nuclear gene

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; LW RH PROTEIN, APINAE; OPSIN; RHODOPSIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BEES; CELL NUCLEUS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; INTRONS; OPSIN; PHYLOGENY; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033163540     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0606     Document Type: Article

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