Nuclear genes resolve Mesozoic-aged divergences in the insect order Lepidoptera

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 242-259

  Wiegmann, Brian M ^a   Mitter, Charles ^b   Regier, Jerome C ^b   Friedlander, Timothy P ^b   Wagner, David M ^c   Nielsen, Ebbe S ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYA;

EID: 0034129217     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1999.0746     Document Type: Article

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