From a comb to a tree: Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 225-245

  Arnedo, Miquel A ^a,d   Coddington, Jonathan ^b   Agnarsson, Ingi ^b,c   Gillespie, Rosemary G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEOIDEA; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 1642465357     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00261-6     Document Type: Article

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