Phylogenetic Position of a Deep-Sea Ascidian, Megalodicopia hians, Inferred from the Molecular Data

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1243-1247

  Kurabayashi, Atsushi ^a   Okuyama, Makiko ^b   Ogawa, Mari ^a   Takeuchi, Akira ^c   Jing, Zhang ^c   Naganuma, Takeshi ^d   Saito, Yasunori ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep sea ascidian; Molecular phylogeny; Octacnemidae; Shinkai 2000

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONIDAE; CORELLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MEGALODICOPIA HIANS; OCTACNEMIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0346343449     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.1243     Document Type: Article

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