An expanded phylogeny of social amoebas (Dictyostelia) shows increasing diversity and new morphological patterns

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Romeralo, Maria ^a   Cavender, James C ^b   Landolt, John C ^c   Stephenson, Steven L ^d   Baldauf, Sandra L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

AMOEBA (GENUS); DICTYOSTELIIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; MYCETOZOA;

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DICTYOSTELIIDA; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DICTYOSTELIIDA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 79953199831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-84     Document Type: Article

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