Heterogeneous Rates of Molecular Evolution Among Cryptic Species of the Ciliate Morphospecies Chilodonella uncinata

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 266-272

  Katz, Laura A ^a,b   DeBerardinis, Jennifer ^a   Hall, Meaghan S ^a   Kovner, Alexandra M ^a   Dunthorn, Micah ^b,c   Muse, Spencer V ^d  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Cryptic species; Genome architecture; Molecular evolution

Indexed keywords

CHILODONELLA UNCINATA; CILIOPHORA;

MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; TUBULIN;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CILIOPHORA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUBULIN;

EID: 84862773769     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-011-9468-x     Document Type: Article

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