The closest unicellular relatives of animals

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 1773-1778

  Lang, B F ^a   O'Kelly, C ^a,b   Nerad, T ^c   Gray, M W ^a   Burger, G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^c AMERICAN TYPE CULTURE COLLECTION   (United States)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBIDIUM PARASITICUM; ANIMALIA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; ICHTHYOSPOREA; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); METAZOA; MONOSIGA; MONOSIGA BREVICOLLIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 0037108325     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01187-9     Document Type: Article

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