Systematic position of Discocephalus-like ciliates (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea) inferred from SSU rDNA and ontogenetic information

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2962-2972

  Shao, Chen ^a   Song, Weibo ^a,b   Li, Lifang ^a   Warren, Alan ^c   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Al Quraishy, Saleh A ^d   Al Farraj, Saleh A ^d   Lin, Xiaofeng ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CILIATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUPLOTES; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIMORDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODISCOCEPHALUS BORRORI; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEDIMENT;

CHOREOTRICHIA; CILIOPHORA; DISCOCEPHALUS; EUPLOTIDA; HYPOTRICHIA; OLIGOTRICHIA; PRODISCOCEPHALUS BORRORI; SPIROTRICHEA; STICHOTRICHIA;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CILIOPHORA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58949103432     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.65781-0     Document Type: Article

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