Phylogeny of the Arachnid Order Opiliones (Arthropoda) Inferred from a Combined Approach of Complete 18S and Partial 28S Ribosomal DNA Sequences and Morphology

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 296-307

  Giribet, Gonzalo ^a   Rambla, Maria ^a   Carranza, Salvador ^a   Baguñà, Jaume ^a   Riutort, Marta ^a   Ribera, Carles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0033090516     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1998.0583     Document Type: Article

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