A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of Diptera: Whole genome sequence data accurately resolve relationships over broad timescales with high precision

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-59

  Cameron, Stephen L ^a   Lambkin, Christine L ^b   Barker, Stephen C ^c   Whiting, Michael F ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRECISION; RNA; TAXONOMY; TIMESCALE; TOPOLOGY;

ACALYPTRATAE; ASCHIZA; CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILIDAE; INSECTA; MUSCOMORPHA; NEMESTRINIDAE; SYRPHIDAE; TABANIDAE;

EID: 33845866870     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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