Molecular evidence that phoronids are a subtaxon of brachiopods (Brachiopoda: Phoronata) and that genetic divergence of metazoan phyla began long before the early Cambrian

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 253-273

  Cohen, Bernard L ^a   Weydmann, Agata ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brachiopod; DNA sequence; Metazoan divergence; Molecular phylogeny; Phoronid

Indexed keywords

BRACHIOPOD; CAMBRIAN; DIVERGENCE; PHYLOGENY;

BRACHIOPODA; CRANIATA (BRACHIOPODA); CRANIIDA; CRANIIFORMEA; DISCINIDAE; LINGULATA; LINGULIDA; LINGULIFORMEA; METAZOA; PECTINIDAE; PHORONIFORMEA; PORIFERA;

EID: 27744470010     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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