Evolution of dark-spored Myxomycetes (slime-molds): Molecules versus morphology

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 878-889

  Fiore Donno, Anna Maria ^a,c   Meyer, Marianne ^b   Baldauf, Sandra L ^c   Pawlowski, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b University of York ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(Alphabetic) Amoebozoa; Comatricha; Lamproderma; Morphological evolution; Mycetozoa; Myxogastria; Phylogeny; Physarales; Slime molds; Small subunit ribosomal RNA gene; Stemonitales

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; COMATRICHA; ENERTHENEMA; LAMPRODERMA; MYCETOZOA; MYXOGASTRIA; PHYSARIIDA; STEMONITIDA;

EID: 40849131108     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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