Further consideration of the Phylogeny of some "traditional" heterotrichs (Protista, Ciliophora) of uncertain affinities, based on new sequences of the small subunit rRNA gene

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 244-250

  Miao, Miao ^a   Song, Weibo ^a   Clamp, John C ^b   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^c   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^c   Al Arifi, Saud ^c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Climacostomum; Condylostentor; Folliculina; Licnophora; Peritromus; Phylogenetic relationships

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

DIVERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROTIST; RNA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CILIOPHORA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CILIOPHORA; CLEVELANDELLIDA; CLIMACOSTOMUM; CONDYLOSTOMA; CONDYLOSTOMATIDAE; EUFOLLICULINA; FABREA; FOLLICULINA; HETEROTRICHEA; HETEROTRICHIDA; INTRAMACRONUCLEATA; LICNOPHORA; LICNOPHORIDA; MARISTENTOR; PERITROMUS; PROTISTA; SPIROTRICHEA; STENTOR (CILIATE);

EID: 65849187282     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2009.00391.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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