Higher-level phylogeny of Foraminifera inferred from the RNA polymerase II (RPB1) gene

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-177

  Longet, David ^a   Pawlowski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foraminifera; Phylogeny; Protein; RPB1; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

ALLOGROMIIDAE; FORAMINIFERA; GLOBIGERINIDAE; MILIOLINA; MONOTHALAMEA; PROTISTA; ROTALIIDAE;

EID: 34547131301     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2007.01.003     Document Type: Article

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