Evaluating hypotheses of deuterostome phylogeny and chordate evolution with new LSU and SSU ribosomal DNA data

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 762-776

  Winchell, Christopher J ^a,b   Sullivan, Jack ^c   Cameron, Christopher B ^c   Swalla, Billie J ^c   Mallatt, Jon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

28S rRNA; Chordate; Deuterostome; LSU; Phylogeny; Spectral analysis; SSU

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CHORDATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEONTOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIACEA; BRANCHIOSTOMIDAE; CHORDATA; ECHINODERMATA; ENTEROPNEUSTA; HEMICHORDATA; PTEROBRANCHIA; THALIACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036097948     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004134     Document Type: Article

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