Early origin of foraminifera suggested by SSU rRNA gene sequences

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 445-450

  Pawlowski, Jan ^a   Bolivar, Ignacio ^a   Fahrni, José F ^a   Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^b   Gouy, Manolo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

evolution; Foraminifera; mitochondria; molecular phylogeny; protists; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA SEQUENCE;

ARCHEZOA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FORAMINIFERA; PROTISTA;

EID: 0030043451     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025605     Document Type: Article

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