Revised Small Subunit rRNA Analysis Provides Further Evidence that Foraminifera Are Related to Cercozoa

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Berney, Cédric ^a   Pawlowski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cercozoa; Eukaryotes; Foraminifera; Gromia oviformis; Long branch attraction; Molecular phylogeny; Small subunit ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EUKARYOTE; EUKARYOTE EVOLUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

CERCOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FILOSEA; FORAMINIFERA; GROMIA; GROMIA OVIFORMIS;

EID: 0348011481     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-003-0015-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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