Phylogenetic Relationships between Prostome and Colpodean Ciliates Tested by Small Subunit rRNA Sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-54

  Stechmann, Alexandra ^a   Schlegel, Martin ^a   Lynn, Denis H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CILIATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0031990569     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.1997.0435     Document Type: Article

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