Evolutionary relationships of apusomonads inferred from taxon-rich analyses of 6 nuclear encoded genes

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2455-2466

  Kim, Eunsoo ^a   Simpson, Alastair G B ^b   Graham, Linda E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amoebozoa; Apusomonadidae; Apusomonas; Evolution; Opisthokonta; Protists

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

AMOEBA; ARTICLE; CHRYSOCHROMULINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; EUKARYOTE; GENE; GLAUCOPHYTA; GONIOMONAS TRUNCATA; LEUCOCRYYPTOS MARINA; MESOSTIGMA VIRIDE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PERIDINIUM LIMBATUM; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PTEROSPERMA CRISTATUM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYNURA SPHAGNICOLA; TAXON; THAUMATOMONAS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PROTOZOAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ALVEOLATA; AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALIA; APUSOMONADIDAE; APUSOMONAS; APUSOMONAS PROBOSCIDEA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CHRYSOCHROMULINA; CRYPTOPHYTA; CYANOPHORA PARADOXA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; GLAUCOCYSTOPHYCEAE; GONIOMONAS TRUNCATA; HAPTOPHYCEAE; KATABLEPHARIDACEAE; LEUCOCRYPTOS MARINA; MESOSTIGMA VIRIDE; PERIDINIUM LIMBATUM; PROTISTA; PTEROSPERMA CRISTATUM; RHIZARIA; STRAMENOPILES; STREPTOPHYTA; SYNURA SPHAGNICOLA; THAUMATOMONAS SP.; UNIKONTA; VIRIDIPLANTAE;

EID: 33750957132     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl120     Document Type: Article

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