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Mitochondrial DNA variation in social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

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Patterns of restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) of European Vespinae were more similar within genera than between them. Distance trees were constructed that support the hypothesis of monophyly of the generaVespula andDolichovespula. Within the genusVespula, V. germanica was more closely related toV. rufa than toV. vulgaris. The position of the genusVespa remained uncertain due to the precision limits of the RFLP technique.

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Schmitz, J., Moritz, R.F.A. Mitochondrial DNA variation in social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae). Experientia 46, 1068–1072 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01940676

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