First molecular evidence for the existence of a Tardigrada + Arthropoda clade

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 76-84

  Giribet, Gonzalo ^a   Carranza, Salvador ^a   Baguñà, Jaume ^a   Riutort, Marta ^a   Ribera, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Arthropoda; pattern of resolved nodes (PRN); phylogeny; Protostomata; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MACROBIOTUS; METAZOA; MYRIAPODA; PENTASTOMIDA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0030052735     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025573     Document Type: Article

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