A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tardigrades-adding genes and taxa to a poorly resolved phylum-level phylogeny

Cladistics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-49

  Guil, Noemí ^a,b   Giribet, Gonzalo ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CAMBRIAN; FOSSIL RECORD; GENETIC MARKER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METAZOAN; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

APOCHELA; ARTHROPODA; ECDYSOZOA; EUTARDIGRADA; HETEROTARDIGRADA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; NEMATOMORPHA; ONYCHOPHORA; PARACHELA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 84855294077     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: 10960031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00364.x     Document Type: Article

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