Mitochondrial evolutionary rate and speciation in termites: Data on European Reticulitermes taxa (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)

Insectes Sociaux

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-221

  Luchetti, A ^a   Marini, M ^a   Mantovani, B ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia Evoluzionistica Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glacial refugia; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular clock; Rate of evolution; Two cluster test

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TERMITE;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES (GENUS); RETICULITERMES (SUBGENUS); RHINOTERMITIDAE; VESPIDAE;

EID: 23944510432     PISSN: 00201812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00040-005-0806-5     Document Type: Article

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