A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of tardigrades—adding genes and taxa to a poorly resolved phylum‐level phylogeny
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Summary
Eutardigrade superfamilies recently proposed by Sands and collaborators in the order Parachela were tested with the introduction of new sequences from additional genera, and the possible morphological synapomorphies supporting those superfam families are discussed.
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- article
- Published
- 2012-02-01
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 73
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- Open access
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Keywords
Phylum, Biology, Tardigrada, Phylogenetics, Taxon
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