Speciation in the parthenogenetic oribatid mite genus Tectocepheus (Acari, Oribatida) as indicated by molecular phylogeny

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-122

  Laumann, Michael ^a   Norton, Roy A ^b   Weigmann, Gerd ^c   Scheu, Stefan ^d   Maraun, Mark ^d   Heethoff, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S; 28S; Ancient asexuals; Elongation factor 1 ; Heat shock protein 82; Parthenogenesis

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DNA; GENE; GENOTYPE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; TECTOCEPHEUS; TECTOCEPHEUS MINOR; TECTOCEPHEUS SAREKENSIS; TECTOCEPHEUS VELATUS;

EID: 34248589051     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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