Rapid diversification of mating systems in ciliates

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 187-197

  Phadke, Sujal S ^a   Zufall, Rebecca A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Euplotes; Evolution; Inheritance; Mating types; Paramecium; Tetraymena

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; MATING BEHAVIOR; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTOZOAN; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; EUPLOTES; PARAMECIUM; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 69449105557     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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