Reconsideration of the phylogenetic positions of three stichotrichous genera Holosticha, Anteholosticha and Pseudokeronopsis (Spirotrichea: Ciliophora) inferred from complete SSU rRNA gene sequences

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 769-773

  Li, Lifang ^a,b,c   Song, Weibo ^b   Shin, Mann Kyoon ^c   Warren, Alan ^d   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^e   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^e   Al Arifi, Saud ^e  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clade; Evolution; Taxonomy; Urostylidae

Indexed keywords

GENES; RNA; TAXONOMIES;

CLADE; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCES; MOLECULAR INFORMATION; MONOPHYLY; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RRNA GENES; SMALL SUBUNITS; UROSTYLIDAE;

PHYLOGENETIC;

EID: 67349100638     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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