Molecular phylogeny of the small carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Ceratinini) indicates early and rapid global dispersal

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1042-1054

  Rehan, Sandra M ^a,b   Chapman, Tom W ^c   Craigie, Andrew I ^a   Richards, Miriam H ^b   Cooper, Steven J B ^d   Schwarz, Michael P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bee phylogeny; Ceratina; Ceratinini; Historical biogeography; Rapid radiations; Small carpenter bee

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GEOGRAPHY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALLODAPINI; APIDAE; APOIDEA; CERATININI; HYMENOPTERA; MYA; XYLOCOPINAE;

EID: 77953137457     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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