Elongation factor-2: A useful gene for arthropod phylogenetics

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 136-148

  Regier, Jerome C ^a   Shultz, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Elongation factor 1 ; Elongation factor 2; Molecular systematics; Pancrustacea; RNA polymerase II

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 2; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 0034961089     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0956     Document Type: Article

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