Molecular phylogeny of Stentor (Ciliophora: Heterotrichea) based on small subunit ribosomal RNA sequences

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-48

  Gong, Ying Chun ^a,b   Yu, Yu He ^a   Zhu, Fei Yun ^a   Feng, Wei Song ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Phylogeny; SSU rRNA; Stentor coeruleus; Stentor polymorphus; Stentor roeseli

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CILIATE; CLADISTICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

CILIOPHORA; HETEROTRICHEA; STENTOR (CILIATE); STENTOR COERULEUS; STENTOR POLYMORPHUS; STENTOR ROESELI;

EID: 33846623416     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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