Sympatric convergence of the color pattern in the Chilean Ceroglossus ground beetles inferred from sequence comparisons of the mitochondrial ND5 gene

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 530-538

  Okamoto, Munehiro ^a   Kashiwai, Nobuo ^b   Su, Zhi Hui ^c   Osawa, Syozo ^c  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hosen Gakuen High School   (Japan)

^c JT Biohistory Research Hall ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Chilean Ceroglossus; Color polymorphism; Ground beetles; Mitochondrial ND5 gene; Phylogenetic tree; Sympatric convergence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEETLE; COLOR; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; ND5 GENE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CHILE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034825672     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010243     Document Type: Article

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