Genetic relationship of 32 cell lines of the Euplotes octocarinatus species complex revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1971-1979

  Mollenbeck M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliated protozoa; Genetic diversity; Mating types; Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPE)); Sibling species; Syngens

Indexed keywords

CELL LINE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EUPLOTES DAIDALEOS; EUPLOTES VANNUS; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; CELL LINE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUPLOTES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033368136     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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