Combined large and small subunit ribosomal RNA phylogenies support a basal position of the acoelomorph flatworms

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1519, 2003, Pages 1077-1083

  Telford, Maximilian J ^a   Lockyer, Anne E ^b   Cartwright Finch, Chloë ^a   Littlewood, D Timothy J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoela; Acoelomorpha; Metazoa; Nemertodermatida; Phylogeny; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

FLATWORM; PHYLOGENY;

ACOELA; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; NEMERTODERMATIDA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDITOPHORA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACOELA; ACOELOMORPHA; BILATERIA; CATENULIDA; CATENULIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA; MOLLUSCA; NEMERTODERMATIDA; NEMERTODERMATIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 0038191149     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2342     Document Type: Article

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