Old trees, new trees - Is there any progress?

Zoology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-301

  Schmidt Rhaesa, Andreas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bilateria; Evolution; Metazoa; Phylogenetic systematics; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; METAZOA; PORIFERA; PROTOSTOMIA; SPIRALIA; TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS; TROCHOZOA;

EID: 0347030128     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00128     Document Type: Conference Paper

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