Reconciling cladistic and genetic analyses in choreotrichid ciliates (Ciliophora, Spirotricha, Oligotrichea)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-350

  Agatha, Sabine ^a   Strüder Kypke, Michaela C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lorica; Morphology; New genus; Phylogeny; Revised classification; Somatic ciliary pattern; Strobilidiids; Taxonomy; Tintinnids

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

CILIATE; CLADISTICS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CILIOPHORA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHOREOTRICHIDA; CILIOPHORA; CODONELLA; CODONELLOPSIS; DICTYOCYSTIDAE; FAVELLA; HALTERIIDAE; LORICA; METACYLIS; OLIGOTRICHIA; PARASTROMBIDINOPSIS; RHABDONELLA; SPIROTRICHEA; STROBILIDIIDAE; STROMBIDINOPSIS; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 84863719549     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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