Phylogeny and DNA barcoding of inquiline oak gallwasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) of the Western Palaearctic

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 210-225

  Ács, Zoltán ^a   Challis, Richard J ^b,c   Bihari, Péter ^d   Blaxter, Mark ^b   Hayward, Alexander ^b,e   Melika, George ^a   Csóka, György ^f   Pénzes, Zsolt ^d,g   Pujade Villar, Juli ^h   Nieves Aldrey, José Luis ⁱ   Schönrogge, Karsten ^j   Stone, Graham N ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Matrafured Research Station   (Hungary)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^j CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

28S rDNA; Cynipidae; Cytochrome b; Cytochrome c oxidase I; DNA barcode; Inquiline; Oak; Quercus; Synergini

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; OAK; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASP;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; QUERCUS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASPS;

CEROPTRES; CYNIPIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; QUERCUS; SYNERGINI; SYNERGUS;

EID: 77149163014     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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