Resolving phylogenetic incongruence to articulate homology and phenotypic evolution: A case study from Nematoda

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1686, 2010, Pages 1299-1307

  Ragsdale, Erik J ^a   Baldwin, James G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Comparative morphology; Congruence; Evolution of novelty; Plant parasitism; Systematics

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOMOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; TAXONOMY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 77952281730     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2195     Document Type: Review

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