DNA barcoding and the taxonomy of Microgastrinae wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae): Impacts after 8 years and nearly 20 000 sequences

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 168-176

  Alex Smith, M ^a   Fernandez Triana J L ^a,b   Eveleigh, E ^c   Gomez J ^d   Guclu, C ^e   Hallwachs, W ^f   Hebert, P D N ^a   Hrcek, J ^g   Huber, J T ^h   Janzen, D ^f   Mason, P G ^b   Miller, S ⁱ   Quicke, D L J ^j,k   Rodriguez, J J ^l   Rougerie, R ^m   Shaw, M R ⁿ   Varkonyi G ^o   Ward, D F ^p   Whitfield, J B ^q   Zaldivar Riveron A ^r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^e ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^h CEF   (Canada)

ⁱ DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^j IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^k DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

ⁿ DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^o FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^p LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^q UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^r UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase; Data release; Deoxyribonucleic acid barcode; Microgastrine; Parasitoid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; WASP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WASPS;

BRACONIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; MICROGASTRINAE;

EID: 84873994421     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12038     Document Type: Article

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