Phylogenetic Signal in the COI, 16S, and 28S Genes for Inferring Relationships among Genera of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera; Braconidae): Evidence of a High Diversification Rate in This Group of Parasitoids

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 282-294

  Mardulyn, Patrick ^a   Whitfield, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

16SrDNA; 28SrDNA; Braconidae; COI; Microgastrinae; phylogenetic signal

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; RNA 28S;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WASP;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

EID: 0033174960     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0618     Document Type: Article

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