Comprehensive phylogenetic reconstruction of amoebozoa based on concatenated analyses of SSU-rDNA and actin genes

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Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Lahr, Daniel J G ^a,b   Grant, Jessica ^b   Nguyen, Truc ^b   Lin, Jian Hua ^b   Katz, Laura A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; ACTIN;

ACTIN GENE; AMOEBOZOA; ARCHAMOEBAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYXOGASTREA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TUBULINEA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMOEBOZOA; ARCHAMOEBAE; TUBULINEA;

ACTINS; AMOEBOZOA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79960855196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022780     Document Type: Article

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