Utility of Genetic Markers and Morphology for Species Discrimination within the Order Tintinnida (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea)

Protist

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-36

  Santoferrara, Luciana F ^a,b   McManus, George B ^a   Alder, Viviana A ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d INSTITUTO ANTÁRTICO ARGENTINO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Barcoding; Ciliophora; LSU rDNA; SSU rDNA; V4; V9

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

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

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

CILIOPHORA; LORICA; SPIROTRICHEA; TINTINNIDA;

EID: 84872266628     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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