MtDNA ribosomal gene phylogeny of sea hares in the genus aplysia (gastropoda, opisthobranchia, anaspidea): Implications for comparative neurobiology

Systematic Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 676-688

  Medina, Mónica ^a,b   Collins, Timothy M ^c   Walsh, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaspidea; Aplysia phylogeny; Neurobiology of inking; Neurobiology of swimming; Opisthobranchia; Sea hare

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BASE SEQUENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; REFLEX; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWIMMING;

EID: 0035527366     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351501753328802     Document Type: Article

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