Analysis of the mitochondrial genome of Schistocerca gregaria gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 296-305

  Erler, Silvio ^a   Ferenz, Hans Jörg ^a   Moritz, Robin F A ^a   Kaatz, Hans Hinrich ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene organization; Phylogeny; Schistocerca americana; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; LOCUST; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RNA; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

ACRIDIDAE; CAELIFERA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA AMERICANA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA FLAVIVENTRIS;

EID: 75649132877     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01365.x     Document Type: Article

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