Elongation factor 1-alpha sequences alone do not assist in resolving the position of the Acoela within the metazoa [3]

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 437-442

  Littlewood, D Timothy J ^a   Olson, Peter D ^a   Telford, Maximilian J ^a,b   Herniou, Elisabeth A ^a   Riutort, Marta ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoela; Elongation factor 1 alpha; Metazoa; Platyhelminthes

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; LETTER; METAZOON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ACOELA; ANIMALIA; METAZOA; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0035103989     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003821     Document Type: Letter

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