Reevaluation of the evolutionary position of opalinids based on 18S rDNA,and α- and β-tubulin gene phylogenies

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 695-705

  Nishi, Akane ^a   Ishida, Ken Ichiro ^a   Endoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Alveolates; Cepedea; Chromalveolates; Heterokonts; Opalina; Opalinids; Protoopalina; Tubulin genes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; DNA 18S; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPALINEA; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MASTIGOPHORA; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TUBULIN;

ALVEOLATA; AMPHIBIA; CEPEDEA; CHROMISTA; CILIOPHORA; OPALINA; OPALINIDAE; PROTISTA; PROTOOPALINA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 21244437905     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-004-0149-x     Document Type: Article

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