The phylogeny of nudibranchia (opisthobranchia, gastropoda, mollusca) reconstructed by three molecular markers

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 241-256

  EviWollscheid Lengeling, ^a   Boore, Jeffrey ^b,c   Brown, Wesley ^b   Wägele, Heike ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

16s rDNA; 18S rDNA; Cox1; Molecular phylogeny; Nudibranchia

Indexed keywords

CLADOBRANCHIA; DORIDOIDEA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 0010649974     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00022     Document Type: Article

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