Evidence for cryptic speciation in carchesium polypinum linnaeus, 1758 (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) inferred from mitochondrial, nuclear, and morphological markers

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 508-519

  Gentekaki, Eleni ^a   Lynn, Denis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; oral infraciliature; oral polykinetid; silver stain; Vorticellidae

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; CRYPSIS; CYTOCHROME; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; STAINING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAINING AND LABELING;

CARCHESIUM POLYPINUM; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; VORTICELLIDAE;

EID: 78449271446     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00505.x     Document Type: Article

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