Phylogeny and systematics of demospongiae in light of new small-subunit ribosomal DNA (18S) sequences

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 388-415

  Redmond, N E ^a   Morrow, C C ^b   Thacker, R W ^c   Diaz, M C ^d   Boury Esnault, N ^e   Cardenas P ^f   Hajdu, E ^g   Lobo Hajdu G ^h   Picton, B E ⁱ   Pomponi, S A ^j   Kayal, E ^a   Collins, A G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Museo Marino de Margarita   (Venezuela)

^e AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

ⁱ Department of Geology   (United Kingdom)

^j FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA); STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FLORIDA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PANAMA; PHYLOGENY; POLYNESIA; PORIFERA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84883046537     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict078     Document Type: Conference Paper

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