Morphology and Molecules Reveal Unexpected Cryptic Diversity in the Enigmatic Genus Sinobirma Bryk, 1944 (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Rougerie, Rodolphe ^a   Naumann, Stefan ^b   Nässig, Wolfgang A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b Independent Researcher   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 28S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BARCODING; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LEPIDOPTERA; MYANMAR; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SATURNIIDAE; SILKWORM; SINOBIRMA; SINOBIRMA BOUYERI; SINOBIRMA MALAISEI; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MOTHS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S;

LEPIDOPTERA; SATURNIIDAE;

EID: 84866542523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043920     Document Type: Article

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