On "Molecular phylogeny of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of sociality in wasps". American Museum novitates ; no. 3389

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dc.contributor.authorCarpenter, James M. (James Michael), 1956-en_US
dc.contributor.authorSchmitz, J. (Jürgen)en_US
dc.contributor.authorMoritz, Robin F. A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:41:31Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:41:31Z
dc.date.issued2003en_US
dc.description20 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 12-13).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe alignment of molecular sequence data published by Schmitz and Moritz (1998. Molecular phylogeny of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of sociality in wasps, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9: 183-191) supported closer phylogenetic relationship of Eumeninae to Polistinae + Vespinae than Stenogastrinae, from which they concluded that social behavior has independently evolved twice in the wasp family Vespidae. However, their analyses also showed the Vespidae as paraphyletic in terms of the bee family Apidae. Simultaneous analysis of these molecular data with published morphological and behavioral characters is presented. The resulting cladograms support monophyly of Vespidae, as well as monophyly of social wasps, with the primitively social Stenogastrinae being more closely related to the highly social Polistinae + Vespinae than the solitary Eumeninae. A realignment of the sequence data is also presented, which is more parsimonious than that published by Schmitz and Moritz. Analysis of the realigned sequences also supports monophyly of Vespidae, as well as monophyly of social wasps, with the Stenogastrinae being more closely related to Polistinae + Vespinae than are Eumeninae.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/2879
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 3389en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3389, 2003en_US
dc.subject.lcshVespidae -- Phylogeny.en_US
dc.subject.lcshVespidae -- Molecular aspects.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSchmitz, J. (Jürgen). Molecular phylogeny of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of sociality in wasps.en_US
dc.subject.lcshMoritz, Robin F. A. Molecular phylogeny of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of sociality in wasps.en_US
dc.subject.lcshWasps -- Behavioren_US
dc.subject.lcshWasps -- Evolution.en_US
dc.subject.lcshSocial evolution in animals.en_US
dc.titleOn "Molecular phylogeny of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) and the evolution of sociality in wasps". American Museum novitates ; no. 3389en_US
dc.title.alternativeMonophyly of social waspsen_US
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