The early emergence of platyhelminths is contradicted by the agreement between 18S rRNA and Hox genes data

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-94

  Balavoine, Guillaume ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Hox genes; Metazoan phylogeny; Platyhelminths

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; RNA SEQUENCE;

EID: 0030973847     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(99)80090-0     Document Type: Article

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