Mitogenomics at the base of Metazoa

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 339-351

  Osigus, Hans Jürgen ^a   Eitel, Michael ^a,b   Bernt, Matthias ^c   Donath, Alexander ^d   Schierwater, Bernd ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cnidaria; Ctenophora; Deep metazoan phylogeny; Mitochondrial genomes; Placozoa; Porifera

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; CNIDARIA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); METAZOA; PLACOZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 84883465901     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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