Cytoskeletal organization, phylogenetic affinities and systematics in the contentious taxon Excavata (Eukaryota)

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1759-1777

  Simpson, Alastair G B ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARPEDIEMONAS; CLADISTICS; CYTOSKELETON; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EXCAVATA; FORNICATA; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MONOPHYLY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREAXOSTYLA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC RANK; TRIMASTIX;

AMOEBIDA; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA;

CARPEDIEMONAS; DIPLOMONADIDA; DIPLOMONADIDA GROUP; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; EXCAVATA; HETEROLOBOSEA; JAKOBIDAE; MALAWIMONAS; OXYMONADIDA; PARABASALIDEA; PREAXOSTYLA; RETORTAMONADIDAE; TRIMASTIX;

EID: 0345328163     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02578-0     Document Type: Review

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