The evolutionary position of nematodes

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Blair, Jaime E ^a   Ikeo, Kazuho ^b   Gojobori, Takashi ^b   Blair Hedges, S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COELOMATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSOZOA; HEXAPODA; HOMO; HOMO SAPIENS; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344952061     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-2-7     Document Type: Article

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