Evolutionary relationship and species separation of four morphologically similar stichotrichous ciliates (Protozoa, Ciliophora)

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 581-586

  Yi, Zhenzhen ^a   Clamp, John ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^c   Chen, Zigui ^a   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Apokeronopsis; Ciliophora; ITS2 secondary structures; PCR RFLP; Pseudokeronopsis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

APOKERONOPSI; CILIOPHORA; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; ITS2 SECONDARY STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR APPROACH; PCR-RFLP; PHYLOGENETIC STUDIES; PSEUDOKERONOPSI; SECONDARY STRUCTURES; TAXONOMIC STUDY;

SEPARATION;

EID: 65549127113     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.05.033     Document Type: Article

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