Urochordates are monophyletic within the deuterostomes

Systematic Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 52-64

  Swalla, Billie J ^a,b,f   Cameron, Chris B ^a,b,c   Corley, Laura S ^a,d   Garey, James R ^e  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidians; Chordate evolution; Deuterostome evolution; Larvaceans; Thaliaceans; Urochordate evolution; Urochordate phylogeny

Indexed keywords

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CHORDATA; MOLGULIDAE; PYURIDAE; STYELIDAE; THALIACEA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; DNA; PHYLOGENY; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0034350364     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150050207384     Document Type: Article

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