Evolution of ITS1 rDNA in the digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda): 3' End sequence conservation and its phylogenetic utility

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-12

  Schulenburg, J Hinrich G V D ^a,b   Englisch, Ulrike ^a   Wägele, J Wolfgang ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis of apomorphies; Cyathura carinata; Digenea; Isopoda; Phylogenetic analysis; Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1; Secondary structure conservation

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; RIBOSOME; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TREMATODA;

CRUSTACEA; CYATHURA CARINATA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032956701     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00006441     Document Type: Article

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