Genetic analysis of the Paramecium aurelia species complex (Protozoa: Ciliophora) by classical and molecular methods

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-434

  Przyboś, Ewa ^a   Prajer, Małgorzata ^a   Greczek Stachura, Magdalena ^b   Skotarczak, Bogumiła ^c   Maciejewska, Agnieszka ^c   Tarcz, Sebastian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b Educational Academy   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZCZECIN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Inbreeding system; Molecular analysis; Paramecium aurelia; Speciation; Species complex; Strain crosses; Strains

Indexed keywords

CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 35948938949     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1477200007002307     Document Type: Article

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