Phylogenetic evidence for a single, ancestral origin of a 'true' worker caste in termites

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 869-881

  Thompson, G J ^a   Kitade, O ^b   Lo, N ^c   Crozier, R H ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentrated changes test; Isoptera; Mitochondrial DNA; Social evolution; Termite molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CASTE; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; TERMITE;

EID: 0033664456     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2000.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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