Phylogenomic resolution of paleozoic divergences in harvestmen (Arachnida, opiliones) via analysis of next-generation transcriptome data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Hedin, Marshal ^a   Starrett, James ^b   Akhter, Sajia ^c   Schönhofer, Axel L ^a   Shultz, Jeffrey W ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Diego State University   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; FEMALE; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; OPILIONES; PALEOZOIC; PHYLOGENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; SCORPION; TAXON; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; PHYLOGENY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84865291420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042888     Document Type: Article

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