The position of the arthropoda in the phylogenetic system

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-285

  Schmidt Rhaesa, Andreas ^a,b   Bartolomaeus, Thomas ^a   Lemburg, Christian ^c   Ehlers, Ulrich ^c   Garey, James R ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Articulata; Ecdysozoa; Evolution; Phylogeny; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ARTICULATA; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS; GENETIC LINE; INVERTEBRATE GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0031761763     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199812)238:3<263::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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