Phylogeny and systematic position of opiliones: A combined analysis of chelicerate relationships using morphological and molecular data

Cladistics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-70

  Giribet, Gonzalo ^a   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^b   Wheeler, Ward C ^c   Babbitt, Courtney ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; 28S rRNA; Arthropoda; Chelicerata; Cladistics; Dyspnoi; Eupnoi; Fossils; Molecular; Morphology; Opiliones; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENY; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; CYPHOPHTHALMI; LANIATORES; OPILIONES; PALPATORES; SCORPIONES;

EID: 0036219537     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clad.2001.0185     Document Type: Article

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