Conflicting phylogenetic signals at the base of the metazoan tree

Evolution and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-359

  Rokas, Antonis ^a   King, Nicole ^a   Finnerty, John ^b   Carroll, Sean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; METAZOAN; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HSP90 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MASTIGOPHORA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PHYLOGENY; TUBULIN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CNIDARIA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 0042313795     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142X.2003.03042.x     Document Type: Article

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