Molecular analysis supports a tardigrade-arthropod association

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 79-88

  Garey, James R ^a   Krotec, Mark ^a   Nelson, Diane R ^b   Brooks, Jacqueline ^a  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Evolutionary relationships; Metazoa; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; METAZOA; PRIAPULIDAE; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 0030536175     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226943     Document Type: Article

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