A Revised Classification of Naked Lobose Amoebae (Amoebozoa: Lobosa)

Protist

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 545-570

  Smirnov, Alexey V ^a   Chao, Ema ^b   Nassonova, Elena S ^c   Cavalier Smith, Thomas ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY;

AMOEBOZOA; MICROSCOPY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; LOBOSEA;

EID: 80051579010     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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