Support for the monophyletic origin of gnathifera from phylogenomics

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1037-1041

  Witek, Alexander ^a   Herlyn, Holger ^a   Ebersberger, Ingo ^b   Mark Welch, David B ^c   Hankeln, Thomas ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX F PERUTZ LABORATORIES   (Austria)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gnathifera; Gnathostomulida; Phylogeny; Ribosomal proteins; Spiralia; Syndermata

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA (WORMS); ACANTHOCEPHALUS; GNATHOSTOMULIDA; LOPHOTROCHOZOA; METAZOA; ROTIFERA; SPIRALIA;

RIBOSOME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; ROTIFERA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; ROTIFERA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN;

EID: 74949106849     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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