The evolutionary process of bioluminescence and aposematism in cantharoid beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) inferred by the analysis of 18S ribosomal DNA

Gene

Volumn 400, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-113

  Sagegami Oba, Reiko ^a   Takahashi, Naoki ^b   Oba, Yuichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cantharidae; Cantharoidea; Lampyridae; Lycidae; Phengodidae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLADISTICS; COLEOPTERA; DNA DETERMINATION; FIREFLY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHAGOPHTHALMUS OHBAI; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CANTHARIDIN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FIREFLIES; GENOME, INSECT; LUMINESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CANTHARIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DRILASTER; ELATEROIDEA; LAMPYRIDAE; LYCIDAE; PHENGODIDAE; RHAGOPHTHALMUS OHBAI; STENOCLADIUS;

EID: 34548022609     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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