Are the platyhelminthes a monophyletic primitive group? An assessment using 18S rDNA sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 485-497

  Carranza, Salvador ^a   Baguñà, Jaume ^a   Riutort, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; metazoan; monophyletic primitive group; phylogeny; Platyhelminthes

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0030943128     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025785     Document Type: Article

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