Genome size of termites (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Isoptera) and wood roaches (Insecta, Dictyoptera, Cryptocercidae)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 859-867

  Koshikawa, Shigeyuki ^a,c   Miyazaki, Satoshi ^a   Cornette, Richard ^a,d   Matsumoto, Tadao ^b   Miura, Toru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evolution; Haploid genome size; Insects; Sociality; Termite

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE;

COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; TERMITE;

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; DENSITOMETRY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOME SIZE; HAPLOIDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECT; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT SOCIETY; ISOPTERA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; BLATTELLIDAE; COCKROACHES; COLORING AGENTS; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME; ISOPTERA; PERIPLANETA; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BLATTARIA; CRYPTOCERCIDAE; CRYPTOCERCUS; DICTYOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; MANTODEA;

EID: 50849090935     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0395-7     Document Type: Article

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