Evolution and Diversity of Dictyostelid Social Amoebae

Protist

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 327-343

  Romeralo, María ^a   Escalante, Ricardo ^b   Baldauf, Sandra L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOMÉDICAS ALBERTO SOLS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dictyostelium; Ecology.; Evolution; Genomics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AMOEBOZOA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

AMOEBIDA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY;

AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBOZOA; ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIIDA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP;

EID: 84858705019     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2011.09.004     Document Type: Review

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