The interrelationships of all major groups of Platyhelminthes: Phylogenetic evidence from morphology and molecules

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-114

  Littlewood, D T J ^a,b   Rohde, K ^c   Clough, K 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; Cladistics; Systematics; Total evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033046699     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0276     Document Type: Article

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