Concepts in protistology: Species definitions and boundaries

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 96-102

  Boenigk, Jens ^a   Ereshefsky, Marc ^b   Hoef Emden, Kerstin ^c   Mallet, James ^d   Bass, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COI; ITS rDNA; OTU; Protist; Species concept; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EUKARYOTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

PROTISTA;

EID: 84858999457     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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