Maximum ages of ciliate lineages estimated using a small subunit rRNA molecular clock: Crown eukaryotes date back to the paleoproterozoic

Archiv fur Protistenkunde

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 329-341

  Wright, A D G ^a   Lynn, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ichthyophthirius; Phylogenetics; Phylum Ciliophora; Rumen ciliates

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOPHTHIRIUS; OPHRYOGLENA;

EID: 0031407579     PISSN: 00039365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9365(97)80013-9     Document Type: Article

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