Comparative mitogenomics of Braconidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) and the phylogenetic utility of mitochondrial genomes with special reference to Holometabolous insects

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Wei, Shu jun ^a,b,c   Shi, Min ^a,b   Sharkey, Michael J ^d   van Achterberg, Cornelis ^e   Chen, Xue xin ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; INSECT PROTEIN; PROTEIN RRNS; THYMINE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACULEATA; ANIMAL TISSUE; APHIDIINAE; APOCRITA; ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BRACONIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COTESIA VESTALIS; CYCLOSTOME; EVANIOMORPHA; FLY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLOMETABOLA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; INVERTED REPEAT; MALE; MECOPTERA; MEGALOPTERA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NEUROPTERA; NEUROPTERIDA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORUSSOIDEA; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; PROCTOTRUPOMORPHA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPHYTA; SYNAPOMORPHY; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ACULEATA; ANIMALIA; APHIDIINAE; APOCRITA; ARTHROPODA; BRACONIDAE; COTESIA VESTALIS; DIPTERA; ENDOPTERYGOTA; EVANIOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; INSECTA; MECOPTERA; MEGALOPTERA; NEUROPTERA; NEUROPTERIDA; ORUSSOIDEA; SYMPHYTA;

ANIMALS; AT RICH SEQUENCE; BASE COMPOSITION; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOMICS; HYMENOPTERA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 77953313931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-371     Document Type: Article

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