Phylogenetic relationship among horseshoe crab species: Effect of substitution models on phylogenetic analyses

Systematic Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-100

  Xia, Xuhua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda; Limulus polyphemus; Molecular phylogenetics; RELL; Substitution model; T. tridentatus; Tachypleus gigas

Indexed keywords

CARCINOSCORPIUS ROTUNDICAUDA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LIMULUS; LIMULUS POLYPHEMUS; MEROSTOMATA; POLYPHEMUS; TACHYPLEUS GIGAS; TACHYPLEUS TRIDENTATUS;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTEMIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; LIMULUS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ARTEMIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HORSESHOE CRABS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 0034350366     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150050207401     Document Type: Article

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