A molecular phylogeny of the chalcidoidea (hymenoptera)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Munro, James B ^a   Heraty, John M ^a   Burks, Roger A ^a   Hawks, David ^a   Mottern, Jason ^a   Cruaud, Astrid ^a   Rasplus, Jean Yves ^b   Jansta, Petr ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; RNA 18S; RNA 28S;

AGAONIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTICLE; CERAPHRONOIDEA; CHALCIDIDAE; CHALCIDOIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPRIOIDAE; ENCYRTIDAE; EUCHARITIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; EUPELMIDAE; EURYTOMIDAE; EVOLUTION; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOSPIDAE; MAFFT ALIGNMNENT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; MYMARIDAE; MYMAROMMATIDAE; MYMAROMMATIDEA; NONHUMAN; ORMYRIDAE; PARAPHYLY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POLYPHYLY; PTEROMALIDAE; ROTOITIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNIPHORIDAE; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANAOSTIGMATIDAE; TAXONOMY; TETRACAMPIDAE; TORYMIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGAONIDAE; APHELINIDAE; CERAPHRONOIDEA; CHALCIDIDAE; CHALCIDOIDEA; ENCYRTIDAE; EUCHARITIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; EUPELMIDAE; EURYTOMIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEUCOSPIDAE; MYMARIDAE; MYMAROMMATIDAE; MYMAROMMATOIDEA; ORMYRIDAE; PERILAMPIDAE; PTEROMALIDAE; ROTOITIDAE; SIGNIPHORIDAE; TANAOSTIGMATIDAE; TETRACAMPIDAE; TORYMIDAE; TRICHOGRAMMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HYMENOPTERA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 80455125917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027023     Document Type: Article

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