Phylogeny of colletid bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) inferred from four nuclear genes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-309

  Almeida, Eduardo A B ^a,b   Danforth, Bryan N ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bee phylogeny; Colletidae; Gondwana; Molecular evolution; Molecular phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APOIDEA; COLLETES; COLLETIDAE; HYLAEUS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 58049187915     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.028     Document Type: Article

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