Evaluating the efficacy of continuous quantitative characters for reconstructing the phylogeny of a morphologically homogeneous spider taxon (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Antrodiaetidae, Antrodiaetus)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 300-313

  Hendrixson, Brent E ^a   Bond, Jason E ^b  

^a MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character selection; Cladistic methodology; Continuous quantitative characters; Mygalomorphae; Spider systematics; Total evidence

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPIDERS;

ANTRODIAETIDAE; ANTRODIAETUS; ARANEAE; MYGALOMORPHAE;

EID: 67949110956     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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