Phylogenetic analysis of the corbiculate bee tribes based on 12 nuclear protein-coding genes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae)

Apidologie

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 163-175

  Kawakita, Atsushi ^a   Ascher, John S ^b   Sota, Teiji ^a   Kato, Makoto ^a   Roubik, David W ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Advanced eusociality; Bumble bee; Corbiculate bee; Honey bee; Nuclear genes; Orchid bee; Phylogeny; Stingless bee

Indexed keywords

BEE; EUSOCIALITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

APIDAE; APINI; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; BOMBINI; BOMBUS (GENUS); EUGLOSSINI; HYMENOPTERA; MELIPONINAE;

EID: 41949126435     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: 12979678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2007046     Document Type: Article

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