Family ties: Molecular phylogeny of crab spiders (Araneae: Thomisidae)

Cladistics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 708-722

  Benjamin, Suresh P ^a,b,c   Dimitrov, Dimitar ^b   Gillespie, Rosemary G ^c   Hormiga, Gustavo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ARANEAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PHILODROMIDAE; THOMISIDAE; THOMISUS;

EID: 52949117551     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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