More evidence for pervasive paraphyly in scleractinian corals: Systematic study of Southeast Asian Faviidae (Cnidaria; Scleractinia) based on molecular and morphological data

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-116

  Huang, Danwei ^a,b   Meier, Rudolf ^b   Todd, Peter A ^b   Chou, Loke Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coral systematics; Faviidae; Paraphyly; Phylogeny; Scleractinia; Tropical coral reefs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ASIA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; INTRONS; PHYLOGENY;

ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; FAVIIDAE; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 57649143471     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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