A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of termites (Isoptera) illuminates key aspects of their evolutionary biology

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 953-967

  Inward, Daegan J G ^a   Vogler, Alfried P ^a,b   Eggleton, Paul ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combined molecular and morphological analyses; Dictyoptera; Evolution of life histories; Insect systematics; Parsimony analysis

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AMITERMES; APICOTERMITINAE; DICTYOPTERA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; MACROTERMITINAE; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NASUTITERMES; NASUTITERMITINAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMES; TERMITIDAE; TERMITINAE; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 34547906434     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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