The evolution of genome size in ants

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tsutsui, Neil D ^a   Suarez, Andrew V ^b   Spagna, Joseph C ^b   Johnston, J Spencer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME SIZE; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOME;

AMBLYOPONINAE; APTEROSTIGMA; ATTA; CAMPONOTUS; DOLICHODERINAE; ECITON; ECTATOMMA; FORMICIDAE; FORMICINAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LABIDUS; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE; MESSOR; MYRMECIA (INSECT); MYRMICINAE; ODONTOMACHUS; PHEIDOLE; POGONOMYRMEX; PONERINAE; SERICOMYRMEX; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

ANIMALS; ANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, INSECT; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 40949087738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-8-64     Document Type: Article

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