Molecules, development and fossils in the study of metazoan evolution; Articulata versus Ecdysozoa revisited

Zoology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-326

  Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Articulata; Cladistic analysis; Ecdysozoa; Metazoa; Molecular systematics; Ribosomal data analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; ECDYSOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 0345769010     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00131     Document Type: Conference Paper

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