Target enrichment of ultraconserved elements from arthropods provides a genomic perspective on relationships among hymenoptera

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 489-501

  Faircloth, Brant C ^a,b   Branstetter, Michael G ^c   White, Noor D ^c,d   Brady, Seán G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Baits; Conserved sequence; Hymenoptera; Probes; Target enrichment; Ultraconserved elements

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENOME, INSECT; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HYMENOPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84926468506     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12328     Document Type: Article

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