Comparison of sequence differences in a variable 23S rRNA domain among sets of cryptic species of ciliated protozoa

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-100

  Nanney, David L ^a   Park, Chaeryung ^b   Preparata, Rosamaria ^a   Simon, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Colpidium; Colpoda; Dexiostoma; Glaucoma; Lambornella; P CR; Paramecium; PHYLOGEN string analysis; rRNA (large subunit, D2 domain); Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; GENE SEQUENCING; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; PROTOZOON; RIBOSOMAL RNA;

CILIATE; COEXISTENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DIVERSITY; PROTOZOA;

CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM; COLPODA; COLPODIDA; DEXIOSTOMA; LAMBORNELLA; MYXOZOA; PARAMECIUM; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PARAVORAX; TETRAHYMENIDAE;

EID: 0031956699     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05075.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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