Molecular systematics of the Acoela (Acoelomorpha, Platyhelminthes) and its concordance with morphology

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 333-342

  Hooge, Matthew D ^a   Haye, Pilar A ^a   Tyler, Seth ^a   Litvaitis, Marian K ^b   Kornfield, Irv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoelomorpha; Plathelminthes; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURBELLARIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ACOELA; ACOELOMORPHA; CONVOLUTIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0036036122     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00236-1     Document Type: Article

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