The mitochondrial genome of Colossendeis megalonyx supports a basal position of Colossendeidae within the Pycnogonida

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 553-558

  Dietz, Lars ^a   Mayer, Christoph ^a,b   Arango, Claudia P ^c   Leese, Florian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Mitogenomics; Phylogeny; Pycnogonida; Pyrosequencing; TRNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE ORDER; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ARTHROPODA; COLOSSENDEIDAE; COLOSSENDEIS MEGALONYX; COLOSSENDEIS SP.; NYMPHONIDAE; PYCNOGONIDA;

EID: 79951947586     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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