Phylogeny of six oligohymenophoreans (Protozoa, Ciliophora) inferred from small subunit rRNA gene sequences

Zoologica Scripta

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 323-331

  Yi, Zhenzhen ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Gong, Jun ^b   Warren, Alan ^c   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Al Arifi, Saud ^d   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^d  

^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

CARDIOSTOMATELLA; CILIOPHORA; CYCLIDIUM PORCATUM; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARATETRAHYMENA; PHILASTERIDA; PLEURONEMA; PLEURONEMATIDA; PLEURONEMATIDAE; PROTOZOA; SCHIZOCALYPTRA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; URONEMA (CILIATA); URONEMATIDAE;

EID: 64549102141     PISSN: 03003256     EISSN: 14636409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00371.x     Document Type: Article

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