Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the spider ants, genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-292

  Lucky, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Divergence dating; Leptomyrmex; New Caledonia; New Guinea; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARGININE KINASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RHODOPSIN; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEW CALEDONIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGININE KINASE; AUSTRALIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW CALEDONIA; NEW GUINEA; PHYLOGENY; RHODOPSIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ARANEAE; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPTOMYRMEX;

EID: 79955112554     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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