Phylogeny, divergence-time estimation, biogeography and social parasite-host relationships of the Holarctic ant genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 294-304

  Jansen, Gunther ^a   Savolainen, Riitta ^a   Vepsäläinen, Kari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Emery's rule; Inquilines; Molecular phylogeny; Nearctic; Palearctic; Social parasitism; Temporary social parasites

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA; MYRMICA HIRSUTA; MYRMICA KARAVAJEVI; MYRMICA RUBRA;

EID: 77953132860     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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