Evidence from beta-tubulin phylogeny that microsporidia evolved from within the fungi

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 23-31

  Keeling, Patrick J ^a,b   Luker, Melissa A ^a   Palmer, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fungi; Microsporidia; Phylogeny; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; ELONGATION FACTOR; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; FUNGUS; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA TRANSLATION; ZYGOMYCETES;

EID: 0033977617     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026235     Document Type: Article

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