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Recalibrated Tree of Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) Indicates Independent Diversification of Angiosperms and Their Insect Herbivores

BACKGROUND: The great diversity of the “Phytophaga” (weevils, longhorn beetles and leaf beetles) has been attributed to their co-radiation with the angiosperms based on matching age estimates for both groups, but phylogenetic information and molecular clock calibrations remain insufficient for this...

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Autores principales: Gómez-Zurita, Jesús, Hunt, Toby, Kopliku, Fatos, Vogler, Alfried P.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1832224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17426809
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000360