The utility of ITS2 in spider phylogenetics: Notes on prior work and an example from Anelosimus

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 377-382

  Agnarsson, Ingi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA barcode; ITS2 secondary structure; Phylogeny; sociality; Theridiidae

Indexed keywords

ANELOSIMUS; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 77956692128     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/B10-01.1     Document Type: Article

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