Molecular data confirm synonymy of Roscovite molgulid ascidians

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-87

  Shenkar, Noa ^a   Swalla, Billie J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; 28S rDNA; Molgula; Synonyms; Tunicata; Urochordata

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ALNUS; ASCIDIACEA; MOLGULA; MOLGULA CITRINA; MOLGULA ECHINOSIPHONICA; MOLGULIDAE; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 77952720645     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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