Article
18S rDNA sequences and the holometabolous insects.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Dec 1992
Carmean D, Kimsey L S, Berbee M L
Abstract excerpt
The Holometabola (insects with complete metamorphosis: beetles, wasps, flies, fleas, butterflies, lacewings, and others) is a monophyletic group that includes the majority of the world's animal species. Holometabolous orders are well defined by morphological characters, but relationships among orders are unclear. In a search for a region of DNA that will clarify the interordinal relationships we sequenced...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Variation
- Insecta
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- RNA, Ribosomal, 18S
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Species Specificity