Phylogenomics Resolves Evolutionary Relationships among Ants, Bees, and Wasps

@article{Johnson2013PhylogenomicsRE,
  title={Phylogenomics Resolves Evolutionary Relationships among Ants, Bees, and Wasps},
  author={Brian R Johnson and Marek L. Borowiec and Joanna C. Chiu and Ernest K. Lee and Joel Atallah and Philip S. Ward},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2013},
  volume={23},
  pages={2058-2062}
}
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