Molecular evolutionary analyses of mariners and other transposable elements in fire ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-165

  Krieger, Michael J B ^a   Ross, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire ants; Inverse PCR; Mariner; Solenopsis; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSPOSASES;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037383064     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2003.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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