The origin of soldiers in the gall-inducing thrips of Australia (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)

Australian Journal of Entomology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-304

  McLeish, Michael J ^a   Chapman, Thomas W ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ancestral state estimation; Eusociality; Molecular data; Phylogenetic

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA;

EID: 35148865608     PISSN: 13266756     EISSN: 14406055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2007.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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