Phylogenetics of the new world honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 416-421

  Kronauer, D J C ^a,b   Holldobler B ^a   Gadau, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANTS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FORMICIDAE; INSECTA; MYRMECOCYSTUS;

EID: 3042700143     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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