Combined mitochondrial and nuclear sequences support the monophyly of forcipulatacean sea stars

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 627-634

  Foltz, D W ^a   Bolton, M T ^a   Kelley, S P ^a   Kelley, B D ^a   Nguyen, A T ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

12S rRNA; 16S rRNA; 18S rRNA; 28S rRNA; Brisingida; Cytochrome oxidase subunit I; Forcipulatida; Sea star; tRNA

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 12S; RNA 16S; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STARFISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, TRANSFER; STARFISH;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIIDAE; ASTEROIDEA; BRISINGIDA; ECHINODERMATA; FORCIPULATACEA; FORCIPULATIDA; PTERASTER; PYCNOPODIA; RATHBUNASTER;

EID: 34247559050     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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