The Opisthokonta and the ecdysozoa may not be clades: Stronger support for the grouping of plant and animal than for animal and fungi and stronger support for the Coelomata than ecdysozoa

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1175-1184

  Philip, Gayle K ^a   Creevey, Christopher J ^a   McInerney, James O ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coelonata; Ecdysozoa; Molecular evolution; Opisthokonta; Phylogeny reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL POPULATION GROUPS; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; GENOME; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS;

EID: 17744379783     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msi102     Document Type: Article

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