Molecular phylogeny of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 287-299

  Weirauch, Christiane ^a   Munro, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assassin bug phylogeny; Cimicomorpha; Cladistic; Reduviidae; Ribosomal DNA; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; REDUVIIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; REDUVIIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CIMICOMORPHA; ECTRICHODINAE; HARPACTORINAE; HEMIPTERA; PEIRATINAE; PHYMATINAE; REDUVIIDAE; REDUVIINAE; SALYAVATINAE; STENOPODINAE; TRIATOMINAE; ZELURUS;

EID: 67949114076     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.039     Document Type: Article

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