Molecular phylogenetics of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea), based on multiple nuclear genes, and implications for classification

Systematic Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 549-572

  Sharanowski, Barbara J ^a   Dowling, Ashley P G ^b   Sharkey, Michael J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; WASP;

ALYSIINAE; BETYLOBRACONINAE; BLACINAE; BRACONIDAE; EUPHORINAE; EXOTHECINAE; GNAMPTODONTINAE; HELCONINAE; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONOIDEA; MANNOKERAIA; MASONINAE; NEONEURINAE; OPIINAE;

EID: 79959690384     PISSN: 03076970     EISSN: 13653113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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