Assessing the microsporidia-fungi relationship: Combined phylogenetic analysis of eight genes

Gene

Volumn 375, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 103-109

  Gill, Erin E ^a   Fast, Naomi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascomycetes; Basidiomycetes; Chytrids; Concatenated phylogeny; Evolution; Zygomycetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; MICROSPORIDA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

FUNGI; GENES, FUNGAL; MICROSPORIDIA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 33744522361     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2006.02.023     Document Type: Article

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