Phylogenetic relationships between Vorticella convallaria and other species inferred from small subunit rRNA gene sequences

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 931-937

  Itabashi, Takeshi ^a   Mikami, Kazuyuki ^a   Fang, Jie ^a   Asai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carchesium; Identification; Peritrichia; Small subunit rRNA; Vorticella

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CARCHESIUM; CILIOPHORA; CONVALLARIA; EPISTYLIS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PERITRICHIA; PROTOZOA; VORTICELLA; VORTICELLA CONVALLARIA;

EID: 0036703138     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.931     Document Type: Article

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