On quality of evidence in phylogeny reconstruction: A reply to Zrzavý's defence of the 'Ecdysozoa' hypothesis

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-176

  Wagele ^a,b   Misof, ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articulata; Ecdysozoan; Homology; Molecular systematics; Morphology; Phylogenetic systematics; Plausibility arguments

Indexed keywords

GENETIC EROSION; HOMOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLTING; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY;

PHYLOGENY;

ECDYSOZOA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034809476     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0469.2001.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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