A maximum-likelihood analysis of eight phylogenetic markers in gallwasps (hymenoptera: Cynipidae): Implications for insect phylogenetic studies

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 206-219

  Rokas, Antonis ^a   Nylander, Johan A A ^b   Ronquist, Fredrik ^b   Stone, Graham N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cynipidae; Cytochrome b; Cytochrome oxidase I; DNA sequence; EF1 F1; Gallwasps; Hymenoptera; Insect systematics; Likelihood; Opsin; rDNA

Indexed keywords

CYNIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; MYA;

EID: 0036355308     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.1032     Document Type: Article

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