Phylogenetic position of Sipuncula derived from multi-gene and phylogenomic data and its implication for the evolution of segmentation

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-207

  Dordel, Janina ^a,b   Fisse, Frauke ^a   Purschke, Günter ^a   Struck, Torsten H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Annelida; LCA; Phylogenomics; Reduction; Segmentation; Sipuncula

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RELATEDNESS;

ANNELIDA; ARTHROPODA; CHORDATA; ECHIURA; MOLLUSCA; SIPUNCULA; SIPUNCULUS NUDUS;

EID: 77956120950     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2010.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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