Rare genomic characters do not support Coelomata: Intron loss/gain

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 620-623

  Roy, Scott William ^a   Irimia, Manuel ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME; INTRONS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; COELOMATA; ECDYSOZOA;

EID: 40849147083     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn035     Document Type: Article

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