There is no support for Jensen's hypothesis of nemerteans as ancestors to the vertebrates

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 365, Issue , 1997, Pages 47-54

  Sundberg, Per ^a   Turbeville, J M ^b   Härlin, Mikael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Chordata; Morphology; Nemertea; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CHORDATA; NEMERTEA; NEMERTEAN; NEMERTEANS; PLATYHELMINTHES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031401447     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003182527183     Document Type: Conference Paper

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