Phylogenetic relationships of the spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae, Araneoidea) based on morphological and DNA sequence data

Cladistics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 109-146

  Álvarez Padilla, Fernando ^a,c   Dimitrov, Dimitar ^a   Giribet, Gonzalo ^b   Hormiga, Gustavo ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLADISTICS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DATA SET; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HOMOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN; RNA; SPIDER; TAXONOMY;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARANEOIDEA; NEPHILA; NEPHILENGYS; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

EID: 64649087649     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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