Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 338-348

  Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bikonts; Classification; Phylogeny; Protist; Protozoa; Unikonts

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; APUSOZOA; BIKONTA; CABOZOA; CENTROHELIOZOA; CERCOZOA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHROMISTA; CILIOPHORA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUGLENIDA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; EXCAVATA; FORAMINIFERA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; HAPTOPHYCEAE; HELIOZOA; MIOZOA; PLANTAE; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; RETARIA; RHIZARIA; RHODOPHYTA; UNIKONTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 0842345488     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0932-4739-00002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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