The phylogeography of the Placozoa suggests a taxon-rich phylum in tropical and subtropical waters

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2315-2327

  Eitel, Michael ^a   Schierwater, B ^a,b  

^a Ecology and Evolution   (United Kingdom)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Haplotypes; Phylogeography; Placozoa; Placozoan biodiversity; Trichoplax; Worldwide distribution

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLACOZOA; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; PLACOZOA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

METAZOA; PLACOZOA; TRICHOPLAX;

EID: 77952709864     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04617.x     Document Type: Article

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