Molecular phylogeny of selected predaceous leeches with reference to the evolution of body size and terrestrialism

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-64

  Pfeiffer, I ^a   Brenig, B ^a   Kutschera, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolution; Hirudinea; Leeches; Taxonomy; Terrestrialism

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; FEEDING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENUS; LAND BIOME; LEECH; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PREDATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES RARITY; TAXON;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEECHES; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ERPOBDELLA; ERPOBDELLIDAE; ERPOBDELLINAE; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; TROCHETA; TROCHETA BYKOWSKII;

EID: 22544452415     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thbio.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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