Molecular phylogenetics and reproductive incompatibility in a complex of cryptic species of aphid parasitoids

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 480-493

  Heraty, John M ^a   Woolley, James B ^b   Hopper, Keith R ^c   Hawks, David L ^a   Kim, Jung Wook ^a,b   Buffington, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA ARS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphelinidae; Aphelinus; Cryptic species; Speciation

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION;

APHELINIDAE; APHELINUS; APHELINUS ALBIPODUS; APHELINUS HORDEI; APHELINUS VARIPES; APHIDIDAE; APHIS GLYCINES; DIURAPHIS NOXIA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; VESPOIDEA;

EID: 34948907831     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.021     Document Type: Article

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