Molecular phylogeny of the free-living archezoan Trepomonas agilis and the nature of the first eukaryote

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 551-562

  Cavalier Smith, T ^a   Chao, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytostomes; Diplokaryosis; Diplozoa; Ribosomal RNA phylogeny; Trepomonas

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROSPORUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; DIPLOMONADIDA; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030442691     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02202103     Document Type: Article

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