Animal phylogeny and the ancestry of bilaterians: inferences from morphology and 18S rDNA gene sequences

SUMMARY Insight into the origin and early evolution of the animal phyla requires an understanding of how animal groups are related to one another. Thus, we set out to explore animal phylogeny by analyzing with maximum parsimony 138 morphological characters from 40 metazoan groups, and 304 18S rDNA s...

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Published in:	Evolution & development Vol. 3; no. 3; pp. 170 - 205
Main Authors:	Peterson, Kevin J., Eernisse, Douglas J.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston, MA, USA Blackwell Science Inc 01-05-2001
Subjects:	Animals Annelida - classification Annelida - genetics Arthropods - classification Arthropods - genetics Classification DNA, Ribosomal - genetics Evolution, Molecular Models, Statistical Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal, 18S - genetics Software Space life sciences Non-programmatic
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