Analysis of the Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) Region of Scuticociliates and Related Taxa (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) to Infer their Evolution and Phylogeny

Protist

Volumn 159, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 519-533

  Miao, Miao ^a   Warren, Alan ^b   Song, Weibo ^a   Wang, Shi ^a   Shang, Huimin ^a   Chen, Zigui ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ITS2 secondary structure; molecular phylogeny; scuticociliates

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANOPHRYOIDES; CARDIOSTOMATELLA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; MESANOPHRYS; METANOPHRYS; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; ORCHITOPHRYA; PARANOPHRYS; PARAURONEMA; PHILASTERIDA; PLEURONEMA; PSEUDOCOHNILEMBUS; SCUTICOCILIATIA; URONEMA (CILIATA); URONEMATIDAE;

EID: 52149097566     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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