Phylogeny of the Platyhelminthes and the evolution of parasitism

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 257-287

  Littlewood, D T J ^a,b   Rohde, K ^c   Bray, R A ^a   Herniou, E A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; 28S rDNA; Cladistics; Phylogenetics; Total evidence

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

EVOLUTION; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY;

ASPIDOGASTREA; CESTODA; FECAMPIIDAE; MONOGENEA; NEODERMATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA; TURBELLARIA; URASTOMIDAE;

EID: 0032873378     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1999.0341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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