The adult ventral nerve cord as a phylogenetic character in brachyceran Diptera

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-96

  Yeates, David K ^a,b   Merritt, David J ^a   Baker, Claire H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diptera; Evolution; Neuromere; Phylogeny; Ventral nerve cord

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION;

BRACHYCERA; DIPTERA; INSECTA; MUSCOIDEA; MUSCOMORPHA; STRATIOMYOMORPHA; TABANOMORPHA; XYLOPHAGOMORPHA;

EID: 0036079098     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-6092-00037     Document Type: Article

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