Rare coding sequence changes are consistent with Ecdysozoa, not Coelomata

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1604-1607

  Irimia, Manuel ^a   Maeso, Ignacio ^a   Penny, David ^b   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^a   Roy, Scott William ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coelomata; Ecdysozoa; Long branches; Phylogeny; Rare genomic changes

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS; COELOMATA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECDYSOZOA; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; METAZOON; NEMATODE; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS; NONHUMAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEMATODA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARTHROPODA; BRUGIA MALAYI; CAENORHABDITIS; COELOMATA; DEUTEROSTOMIA; ECDYSOZOA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; NEMATOSTELLA VECTENSIS;

EID: 34547755564     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msm105     Document Type: Article

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