A phylogeny of the Platyhelminthes: Towards a total-evidence solution

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 155-160

  Littlewood, D T J ^a,b   Bray, R A ^a   Clough, K A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladistics; Phylogeny; Platyhelminthes; rRNA; Total evidence; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032447369     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003436821134     Document Type: Article

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