Origin of the mesozoa inferred from 18S rRNA gene sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1128-1132

  Pawlowski, Jan ^a   Montoya Burgos, Juan Ignacio ^b   Fahrni, José F ^a   Wüest, Jean ^b   Zaninetti, Louisette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Amphipholis squamata; Dicyema sp.; Mesozoa; phylogeny; Rhopalura ophiocomae

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; INVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIPHOLIS SQUAMATA; ANIMALIA; DICYEMA SP.; INVERTEBRATA; MESOZOA; MYXOZOA; NEMATODA; ORTHONECTIDA; PROTISTA; RHOMBOZOA; RHOPALURA OPHIOCOMAE; SQUAMATA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0029908426     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025675     Document Type: Article

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