Secondary structure and phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2 of bush crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Barbitistini)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-228

  Ullrich, Berit ^a,b   Reinhold, Klaus ^b   Niehuis, Oliver ^c   Misof, Bernhard ^d  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; ITS1; ITS2; Maximum parsimony; Pfold; Poecilimon; Rnasalsa; Structure predictions; TRNA Val

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICKET; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EUKARYOTA; ORTHOPTERA; POECILIMON; POLYSARCUS; TETTIGONIIDAE;

EID: 77956123585     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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