An expansion of the genome size dataset for the insect order Hymenoptera, with a first test of parasitism and eusociality as possible constraints

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-346

  Ardila Garcia, A M ^a,b   Umphrey, G J ^a   Gregory, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ants; Bees; C value; Feulgen image analysis densitometry; Flow cytometry; Parasitoid; Wasps

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; GENOME; HYMENOPTERA; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENOME; HYMENOPTERA; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APOCRITA; APOIDEA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 77951948316     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.00992.x     Document Type: Article

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