Insect phylogenomics: Results, problems and the impact of matrix composition

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1741, 2012, Pages 3282-3290

  Letsch, Harald O ^a   Meusemann, Karen ^b   Wipfler, Benjamin ^c   Schütte, Kai ^d   Beutel, Rolf ^c   Misof, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embioptera; Expressed sequence tags; Insect phylogeny; Phasmatodea; Phylogenomics; Polyneoptra

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DRAGONFLY; GRASSHOPPER; LOUSE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; THRIPS;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); BAETIS; DERMAPTERA; EMBIOPTERA; ENDOPTERYGOTA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; MANTODEA; NEOPTERA; ODONATA; PARANEOPTERA; PEDICULUS HUMANUS; PHASMATODEA; PHTHIRAPTERA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84863875375     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0744     Document Type: Article

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