Arthropod colonization of land - Linking molecules and fossils in oribatid mites (Acari, Oribatida)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-121

  Schaefer, Ina ^a,c   Norton, Roy A ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^c   Maraun, Mark ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colonization of land; Decomposer; Early terrestrial food webs; Molecular dating; Oribatid mite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSIL; GENETICS; MITE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOOD CHAIN; FOSSILS; MITES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; MYA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 77956227897     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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