Recent speciation in the Formica rufa group ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): Inference from mitochondrial DNA phylogeny

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 198-206

  Goropashnaya, Anna V ^a   Fedorov, Vadim B ^b   Pamilo, Pekka ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ants; Formica; Introgression; mtDNA; Phylogeny; Pleistocene; Polygyny; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANTS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

FORMICA; FORMICA LUGUBRIS; FORMICA PARALUGUBRIS; FORMICA POLYCTENA; FORMICA PRATENSIS; FORMICA RUFA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 3042699008     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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