Electrophoretic karyotype polymorphism of sibling species of the paramecium aurelia complex

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 494-507

  Nekrasova, Irina V ^a   PrzyboŁ, Ewa ^b   Rautian, Maria S ^a   Potekhin, Alexey A ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ciliates; genome of the macronucleus; pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); speciation; syngens

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

CHROMOSOME; CILIATE; DIVERGENCE; ELECTROKINESIS; GENOME; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMORPHISM; SIBLING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; KARYOTYPING; METHODOLOGY; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHROMOSOMES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; KARYOTYPING; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM AURELIA;

EID: 78449298530     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2010.00507.x     Document Type: Article

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