Evolutionary history of true crabs (crustacea: Decapoda: brachyura) and the origin of freshwater crabs

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1173-1187

  Tsang, Ling Ming ^a,b   Schubart, Christoph D ^c   Ahyong, Shane T ^d,e   Lai, Joelle C Y ^f   Au, Eugene Y C ^b   Chan, Tin Yam ^a   Ng, Peter K L ^f   Chu, Ka Hou ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Freshwater crabs; Gondwana; Heterotremata; Molecular phylogeny; Podotremata; Thoracotremata

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BRACHYURA; CHATTIAN; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; EVOLUTION; FRESHWATER CRAB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER SPECIES; HABITAT; LOWER CRETACEOUS; LOWER JURASSIC; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOCENE; PREVALENCE; TIME;

FRESHWATER CRABS; GONDWANA; HETEROTREMATA; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; PODOTREMATA; THORACOTREMATA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRACHYURA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; FRESH WATER; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHYLOGENY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84898913107     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msu068     Document Type: Article

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