Summary: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43 (2007) 833­851
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doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2006.09.011
The phylogeny of the social Anelosimus spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae)
inferred from six molecular loci and morphology
Ingi Agnarsson a,b,c,¤
, Wayne P. Maddison a,b
, Leticia Avilés a
a
The University of British Columbia, Department of Zoology, 2370-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
b
The University of British Columbia, Department of Botany, 3529-6270 University Blvd., Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z4
c
Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, NHB-105, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Received 18 May 2006; revised 7 September 2006; accepted 15 September 2006
Available online 27 September 2006
Abstract
We use fragments of three nuclear genes (Histone 3, 18SrDNA, and 28SrDNA) and three mitochondrial genes (16SrDNA, ND1, and
COI) totalling approximately 4.5 kb, in addition to morphological data, to estimate the phylogenetic relationships among Anelosimus spi-

Source: Agnarsson, Ingi - Department of Biology, Universidad de Puerto Rico

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