Phylogenetic investigation on five genera of tintinnid ciliates (Ciliophora, Choreotrichia), based on the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1097-1101

  Li, Zicong ^a   Yi, Zhenzhen ^a   Yang, Jinpeng ^a   Gong, Jun ^b   Clamp, John C ^c   Al Rasheid, Khaled A S ^d   Al Arifi, Saud ^d   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^d   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Molecular systematics; Phylogeny; SSU rRNA; Tintinnida

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; BIOLOGY; GENES; INFERENCE ENGINES; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; RNA;

MOLECULAR DATA; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RNA GENE SEQUENCES; SMALL SUBUNITS; SSU RRNA; TINTINNIDA;

PHYLOGENETIC;

EID: 70350574682     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2008.11.011     Document Type: Article

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