Variation and the phylogenetic utility of the large ribosomal subunit of mitochondrial DNA from the insect order Hymenoptera.

doi:10.1016/1055-7903(92)90025-c

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Variation and the phylogenetic utility of the large ribosomal subunit of mitochondrial DNA from the insect order Hymenoptera.

Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jun 1992

Derr J N, Davis S K, Woolley J B, Wharton R A

Abstract excerpt

Nucleotide sequence variation from a 573-bp region of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene was determined for representative hymenopteran taxa. An overall bias in the distribution of A and T bases was observed from all taxa; however, the terebrants (parasitoids) displayed significantly lower AT ratios...

Topics

Animals
Base Composition
Base Sequence
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genes, Insect
Genetic Variation
Hymenoptera
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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