Phylogenomics controlling for base compositional bias reveals a single origin of eusociality in corbiculate bees

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 670-678

  Romiguier, Jonathan ^a   Cameron, Sydney A ^b   Woodard, S Hollis ^c   Fischman, Brielle J ^d   Keller, Laurent ^a   Praz, Christophe J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

base composition; bees; eusociality; GC biased gene conversion; phylogenomics

Indexed keywords

BUMBLEBEE; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CONVERSION; GENOME; HONEYBEE; LIFESTYLE; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENOMICS; SPECIES; STINGLESS BEE; TREE OF LIFE; ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; GENOMICS; INSECT GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BEES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOME, INSECT; GENOMICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84964413889     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv258     Document Type: Article

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