Evolutionary history of free-swimming and sessile lifestyles in urochordates as deduced from 18S rDNA molecular phylogeny

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1189-1194

  Wada, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Chordate evolution; Larvacean; Molecular phylogeny; Urochordata, 18S rDNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CHORDATA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE; CHORDATA; DOLIOLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SALPIDA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031851503     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026026     Document Type: Article

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