New molecular data for tardigrade phylogeny, with the erection of Paramacrobiotus gen. nov.

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-321

  Guidetti, R ^a   Schill, R O ^b   Bertolani, R ^a   Dandekar, T ^c   Wolf, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; COI; Molecular systematics; Tardigrada

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

APOCHELA; ECHINISCIDAE; EUTARDIGRADA; HETEROTARDIGRADA; HYPSIBIIDAE; MACROBIOTIDAE; MACROBIOTUS; MACROBIOTUS RICHTERSI; PARACHELA; RAMAZZOTTIUS; RICHTERSIUS; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 70350491347     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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