A molecular clock in endosymbiotic bacteria is calibrated using the insect hosts

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BiologyMolecular clockMonophylyAphidPhylogeneticsPhylogenetic treeBuchneraHost (biology)Ribosomal DNAEvolutionary biologyAphididaeCladeZoologyEcologyGeneticsBotanyBacteriaHomopteraSymbiosisGenePEST analysis

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Year: 1993
Type: article
Volume: 253
Issue: 1337
Pages: 167-171
Citations: 584
Access: Closed

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                                    Nancy A. Moran, 
                                
                                    Mark A. Munson, 
                                
                                    Paul Baumann
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1993). 
                            A molecular clock in endosymbiotic bacteria is calibrated using the insect hosts. 
                            Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
                            , 253
                            (1337)
                            , 167-171.
                            https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1993.0098
                        

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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1993.0098