Phylogenetic relationships of phlebotomine sandflies inferred from small subunit nuclear ribosomal DNA

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 157-168

  Aransay, Ana M ^a,b   Scoulica, E ^a   Tselentis, Y ^a   Ready, P D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diptera; Phlebotomines; Phylogeny; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; INSECT CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHLEBOTOMUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHODIDAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRACHYCERA; CULICOMORPHA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; NEMATOCERA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PSYCHODIDAE; TIPULOMORPHA;

EID: 0034176536     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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