Phylogenetic relationships of Steinernema Travassos, 1927 (Nematoda: Cephalobina: Steinernematidae) based on nuclear, mitochondrial and morphological data

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 161-181

  Nadler, Steven A ^a   Bolotin, Eugene ^a   Stock, S Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HELMINTH DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 28S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEMATODE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RHABDITIDA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEMATODA; STEINERNEMA; STEINERNEMA DIAPREPESI; STEINERNEMA HERMAPHRODITUM; STEINERNEMA LONGICAUDUM; STEINERNEMATIDAE;

EID: 33745027668     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-005-9009-3     Document Type: Article

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