Phylogenetic relationships of Nembrothinae (Mollusca: Doridacea: Polyceridae) inferred from morphology and mitochondrial DNA

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 726-742

  Pola, Marta ^a   Cervera, J Lucas ^a   Gosliner, Terrence M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; COI; Mitochondrial DNA; Morphology; Nembrothinae; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Total evidence

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLLUSC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLLUSCA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

MOLLUSCA; NEMBROTHA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; POLYCERIDAE; ROBOASTRA; TAMBJA; TENTACULATA;

EID: 34249065003     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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