Molecular evidence for ancient asexuality in timema stick insects

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1129-1134

  Schwander, Tanja ^a,b   Henry, Lee ^a,c   Crespi, Bernard J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CHEMISTRY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INSECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA; TIMEMA;

EID: 79960157308     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.05.026     Document Type: Article

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