On the symbiotic origin of protists, their diversity, and their pivotal role in teaching systematic biology

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-113

  Bardele, Christian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate organisms; Evolution; Protists; Symbiosis; Unicellular eukaryotes

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ALVEOLATA; ANIMALIA; ARCHEZOA; CILIOPHORA; CRYPTOPHYTA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; GIARDIA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; KINETOPLASTIDA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); OOMYCETES; PHAEOPHYCEAE; PROKARYOTA; PROTISTA; RHIZOPODA; SPOROZOA; TRICHOMONADIDA;

EID: 0005529740     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356181     Document Type: Article

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