Phylogenetic resolution potential of 18S and 28S rRNA genes within the lithistid astrophorida

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 343-351

  McInerney, James O ^a   Adams, Christi L ^a,b   Kelly, Michelle ^a,c   Borges, K D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corallistes; Discodermia; Evolution; Lithistida; Molecular phylogeny; Porifera; Theonella

Indexed keywords

GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC VARIANCE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SPONGE;

EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

ASTROPHORIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0033511589     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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