A molecular phylogeny of Dorylus army ants provides evidence for multiple evolutionary transitions in foraging niche

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kronauer, Daniel J C ^a   Schöning, Caspar ^a   Vilhelmsen, Lars B ^b   Boomsma, Jacobus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EVOLUTION; FORAGING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANOMMA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34247147633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-56     Document Type: Article

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