Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: Effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference

Systematic Biology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-362

  Ward, Philip S ^a   Brady, Seán G ^b   Fisher, Brian L ^c   Schultz, Ted R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Base composition; Biogeography; Data partitioning; Dolichoderinae; Formicidae; Fossil record; Outgroup; Phylogenetic inference; Relict taxa

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION;

ANEURETUS; ANEURETUS SIMONI; DOLICHODERINAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77950850793     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/syq012     Document Type: Article

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