The species problem in protozoa revisited

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 349-355

  Schlegel, Martin ^a,c   Meisterfeld, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Evolutionary threshold; Inbreeding; Protozoa; Species concept

Indexed keywords

AURELIA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0842302433     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0932-4739(04)70109-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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