Molecular phylogeny and surface morphology of Colpodella edax (Alveolata): Insights into the phagotrophic ancestry of apicomplexans

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 334-340

  Leander, Brian S ^a   Kuvardina, Olga N ^b   Aleshin, Vladimir V ^b   Mylnikov, Alexander P ^c   Keeling, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c PAPANIN INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGY OF INLAND WATERS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alveolates; Apicomplexa; Colpodella edax; Dinoflagellata; Evolution; Phylogeny; Small subunit rDNA

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALVEOLATA; AMPHIESMA; APICOMPLEXA; COLPODELLA; COLPODELLA EDAX; CONOIDEA; DINOPHYCEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; UNCULTURED EUKARYOTE;

EID: 0141453062     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00145.x     Document Type: Article

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