Phylogeny of leafcutter ants in the genus Atta Fabricius (Formicidae: Attini) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 427-437

  Bacci Jr , Maurício ^a   Solomon, Scott E ^a,b,c   Mueller, Ulrich G ^b   Martins, Vanderlei G ^a   Carvalho, Alfredo O R ^d   Vieira, Luiz G E ^d   Silva Pinhati, Ana Carla O ^e  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytochrome oxidase I; Cytochrome oxidase II; Elongation factor 1 ; Molecular systematics; tRNA leucine

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC SPECIATION; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ATTA; ATTINI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 67349163208     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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