Genetic evidence for the synonymy of two Reticulitermes species: Reticulitermes flavipes and Reticulitermes santonensis

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 395-401

  Austin, James W ^a   Szalanski, Allen L ^a   Scheffrahn, R H ^b   Messenger, M T ^c   Dronnet, Stéphanie ^d   Bagnères, Anne Geneviève ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^d UFR des Sciences et Techniques   (France)

Author keywords

DNA sequence; Genetic variation; Reticulitermes; Termite

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION;

ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RETICULITERMES SANTONENSIS;

EID: 18944370553     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2005)098[0395:GEFTSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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