Are the sexual, somatic and genetic characters enough to solve nomenclatural problems in lumbricid taxonomy?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2257-2271

  Iglesias Briones, María Jesús ^a   Morán, Paloma ^a   Posada, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Chromosome number; Cytochrome c oxidase; Earthworms; Molecular systematics; Somatic characters

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; EARTHWORMS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; SOMATIC CHARACTERS;

BIOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCES; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SOILS; TAXONOMIES; TERMINOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMARKER; CHROMOSOME; CLADISTICS; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METAZOAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ACANTHODRILIDAE; ALLOLOBOPHORA; ANIMALIA; APORRECTODEA; CALIGINOSA; CRIODRILIDAE; DENDROBAENA; EUDRILIDAE; GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE; HORMOGASTRIDAE; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS EISENI; LUMBRICUS FRIENDI; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MEGASCOLECIDAE; METAZOA; OCTOLASION;

EID: 70349772966     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.07.008     Document Type: Review

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