Phylogenetic relationships within the class Spirotrichea (Ciliophora) inferred from small subunit rRNA gene sequences

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 86-92

  Bernhard, Detlef ^a   Stechmann, Alexandra ^a   Foissner, Wilhelm ^b   Ammermann, Dieter ^c   Hehn, Manuela ^d   Schlegel, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d Zoologisches Institut   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Euplotidae; Oxytrichidae; Phylogeny; Small subunit rDNA; Spirotrichea

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC DIVERGENCE; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CILIOPHORA; EUPLOTIDAE; EUPLOTOIDES; MONEUPLOTES; OXYTRICHA; OXYTRICHIDAE; SPIROTRICHEA; STERKIELLA NOVA; STYLONYCHIA; TETMEMENA PUSTULATA;

EID: 0034781109     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0997     Document Type: Article

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