Status of the Cotesia flavipes species complex (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) based on mitochondrial 16S rRNA and NADH 1 dehydrogenase gene sequence

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 306-314

  Smith, Paul T ^a   Kambhampati, Srinivas ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTESIA CHILONIS; COTESIA SESAMIAE; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC VARIANCE; MONOPHYLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARASITOID; TAXONOMY; WASP;

BRACONIDAE; COTESIA FLAVIPES; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0033513273     PISSN: 00228567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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