Evolution and phylogenetic utility of alignment gaps within intron sequences of three nuclear genes in bumble bees (Bombus)

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-92

  Kawakita, Atsushi ^a   Sota, Teiji ^a   Ascher, John S ^c   Ito, Masao ^b   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Makoto ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sapporo Sci and Technol Voc Sch   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Arginine kinase; Bumble bee; Elongation factor 1 ; Intron; Long wavelength rhodopsin; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARGININE KINASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; RHODOPSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BEE; BUMBLEBEE; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BEES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APIDAE; APOIDEA; BOMBINI; BOMBUS (GENUS); BOMBUS PENNSYLVANICUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0037228571     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg007     Document Type: Article

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