Phylogeny of the Stichotrichia (Ciliophora; Spirotrichea) reconstructed with nuclear small subunit rRNA gene sequences: Discrepancies and accordances with morphological data

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-209

  Schmidt, Stephanie L ^a   Bernhard, Detlef ^a   Schlegel, Martin ^a   Foissner, Wilhelm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Evolution; Oxytricha; Oxytrichidae; Phylogeny; Small subunit rDNA; Stichotrichia; Urostylida

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; CLADISTICS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION; RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMPHISIELLIDAE; CILIOPHORA; OXYTRICHA; OXYTRICHIDAE; PSEUDOKERONOPSIDAE; PSEUDOUROSTYLIDAE; SPIROTRICHEA; STICHOTRICHIA; UROSTYLIDAE (CILIATA);

EID: 34047166408     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00250.x     Document Type: Article

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