Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) reshuffled: Pervasive non-monophyly at genus level

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-64

  Arrigoni, Roberto ^a   Terraneo, Tullia Isotta ^a   Galli, Paolo ^a   Benzoni, Francesca ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

COI; Molecular systematic; Monophyly; Paraphyly; Phylogeny; RDNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COI; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATIC; MONOPHYLY; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENY;

COI; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATIC; MONOPHYLY; PARAPHYLY; PHYLOGENY; RDNA;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84896298325     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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