Early evolution of the Bilateria

Systematic Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 130-142

  Hausdorf, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateria; Coelomata; Molecular clock; Molecular phylogeny; Nematoda; Platyhelminthes

Indexed keywords

BILATERIA; CAENORHABDITIS; COELOMATA; NEMATODA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOMINID; HUMAN; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SCHISTOSOMA; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CAENORHABDITIS; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MURIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SCHISTOSOMA; TIME;

EID: 0034350372     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150050207438     Document Type: Article

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