Strains of Paramecium quadecaurelia from Namibia, Africa; Genetic and Molecular Studies

Acta Protozoologica

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-360

  Przyboś, Ewa ^a   Hori, Manabu ^b   Fokin, Sergei I ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Breeding system; Genetic relationships; Geographical distribution; hsp70 gene sequences; Paramecium; Paramecium aurelia species complex; Phylogenetic tree of the P. Aurelia spp. complex

Indexed keywords

AURELIA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; PARAMECIUM QUADECAURELIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0347543873     PISSN: 00651583     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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