Genetic variability of Euglena Agilis (Euglenophyceae)

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-309

  Zakryś, Bozena ^a   Empel, Joanna ^a   Milanowski, Rafał ^a   Gromadka, Robert ^b   Borsuk, Piotr ^a   Kȩdzior, Marta ^a   Kwiatowski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Euglena; Euglena agilis; Euglenida; ITS2; Molecular systematics; Phylogeny; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EUGLENA; EUGLENA AGILIS; EUGLENIDA; EUKARYOTA; PALMELLA;

EID: 10644255857     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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