C-value estimatess for 31 species of ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Hereditas

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-127

  Gregory, T Ryan ^a   Nedvěd, Oldřich ^b   Adamowicz, Sarah J ^c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENOME SIZE; HAPLOIDY; INSECT GENETICS; KARYOTYPE EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; PHYLOGENY;

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; KARYOTYPING; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 1042304309     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2003.01766.x     Document Type: Article

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