Platyhelminth systematics and the emergence of new characters

Parasite

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-341

  Littlewood, D T J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Molecular markers; Platyhelminthes; Systematics

Indexed keywords

PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 51149087029     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2008153333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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