Phylogeny of Tunicata inferred from molecular and morphological characters

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 408-428

  Stach, Thomas ^a,b   Turbeville, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDICULARIA (CLASS); ASCIDIACEA; CIONIDAE; DOLIOLIDAE; SALPIDAE; THALIACEA; UROCHORDATA;

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0036438873     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00305-6     Document Type: Article

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