Looks can deceive: Molecular phylogeny of a family of flatworm ectoparasites (Monogenea: Capsalidae) does not reflect current morphological classification

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 705-714

  Perkins, Elizabeth M ^a   Donnellan, Steve C ^a,b   Bertozzi, Terry ^b   Chisholm, Leslie A ^a   Whittington, Ian D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capsalidae; Classification; Fish; Monogenea; Parasite; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, HELMINTH; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BENEDENIA; CAPSALA; CAPSALIDAE; ENTOBDELLA; GYRODACTYLIDAE; MONOGENEA; NEOBENEDENIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TELEOSTEI; TRISTOMA; UDONELLIDAE;

EID: 67649649923     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.008     Document Type: Article

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