title: Mitochondrial DNA variation in social wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae).
abstract: 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 genera Vespula and Dolichovespula. Within the genus Vespula, V. germanica was more closely related to V. rufa than to V. vulgaris. The position of the genus Vespa remained uncertain due to the precision limits of the RFLP technique.
authors.affiliation: Bayerische Landesanstalt für Bienenzucht Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Moritz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005060:Europe; D014644:Genetic Variation; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D014863:Wasps / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial