Annulonemertes (phylum Nemertea): When segments do not count

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 570-573

  Sundberg, Per ^a   Strand, Malin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Bayesian analysis; Nemertean systematics; Phylogenetic analysis; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 35549004491     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0306     Document Type: Article

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