Phylogenetic relationships among species groups of the ant genus Myrmecia

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 575-582

  Hasegawa, Eisuke ^a,b,c   Crozier, Ross H ^b,c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

28S rRNA; Long wave opsin; Molecular phylogeny; Myrmecia ants; Nothomyrmecia ants; Nuclear DNA sequences

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

CEPHALOTES; FORMICIDAE; MYRMECIA (INSECT); NOTHOMYRMECIA; NOTHOMYRMECIA MACROPS;

EID: 33244466288     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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