Delineating species boundaries using an iterative taxonomic approach: The case of soldierless termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Apicotermitinae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 694-703

  Bourguignon, Thomas ^a,b   Šobotník, Jan ^c,d   Hanus, Robert ^a,c   Krasulová, Jana ^c,e   Vrkoslav, Vladimír ^c   Cvačka, Josef ^c   Roisin, Yves ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anoplotermes; Chemical fingerprint; CHs profile; COI; DNA barcoding; Enteric valve

Indexed keywords

ANOPLOTERMES; APICOTERMITINAE; ISOPTERA; TERMITIDAE;

HYDROCARBON;

ANIMAL; ANOPLOTERMES; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT; CHEMISTRY; CHS PROFILE; CLASSIFICATION; COI; DNA BARCODING; ENTERIC VALVE; FRENCH GUIANA; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; ISOPTERA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANOPLOTERMES; CHEMICAL FINGERPRINT; CHS PROFILE; COI; DNA BARCODING; ENTERIC VALVE;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; FRENCH GUIANA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETIC SPECIATION; HYDROCARBONS; ISOPTERA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION;

EID: 84884588450     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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