Phylogenetic Analysis of Tubificidae (An
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Christer ErsΓ©us; Tore Prestegaard; Mari KΓ€llersjΓΆ
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Tubificids are aquatic clitellate worms, but recent analyses of morphological characters suggested that this family, as currently recognized, is paraphyletic. Sequences of the 18S rDNA gene of 40 protostome worm species (including 13 representatives of the Tubificidae) and 2 mollusc species were cla