A mitochondrial genome phylogeny of termites (Blattodea: Termitoidae): Robust support for interfamilial relationships and molecular synapomorphies define major clades

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-173

  Cameron, Stephen L ^a   Lo, Nathan ^b   Bourguignon, Thomas ^c   Svenson, Gavin J ^d   Evans, Theodore A ^e  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial genomics; Phylogeny; Rare genomic changes; Termites

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; ISOPTERA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BLATTARIA; CRYPTOCERCUS; DICTYOPTERA; HETEROTERMITINAE; HEXAPODA; HODOTERMITIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; KALOTERMITIDAE; POLYPHAGIDAE; RHINOTERMITIDAE; TERMITIDAE;

EID: 84864564784     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.034     Document Type: Article

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