Phylogenetic consideration of two scuticociliate genera, Philasterides and Boveria (Protozoa, Ciliophora) based on 18 S rRNA gene sequences

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 549-555

  Gao, Feng ^a   Fan, Xinpeng ^a   Yi, Zhenzhen ^a,b   Strüder Kypke, Michaela ^c   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

18 S rRNA gene; Ciliophora; Morphology; Philasterida; Phylogeny; Thigmotrichida

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BOVERIA SUBCYLINDRICA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHILASTERIDES ARMATALIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOVERIA; CILIOPHORA; CYCLIDIUM GLAUCOMA; MIAMIENSIS AVIDUS; PHILASTER; PHILASTERIDA; PHILASTERIDAE; PHILASTERIDES; PHILASTERIDES ARMATALIS; PHILASTERIDES DICENTRARCHI; PLEURONEMATIDA; PROTOZOA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; THIGMOTRICHIDA;

EID: 77958478623     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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