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The major opsin in bees (Insecta: Hymenoptera): A promising nuclear gene for higher level phylogenetics.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 1999
Mardulyn P, Cameron S A
Abstract excerpt
We report the phylogenetic utility of the nuclear gene encoding the long-wavelength opsin (LW Rh) for tribes of bees. Aligned nucleotide sequences were examined in multiple taxa from the four tribes comprising the corbiculate bees within the subfamily Apinae. Phylogenetic analyses of sequence variation in a 502-bp fragment (approx 40% of the coding region) strongly supported the monophyly of each of the four...
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