Decrypting cryptomonads: A challenge for molecular taxonomy

Unravelling the Algae: The Past, Present, and Future of Algal Systematics

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 197-214

  Cerino, Federica ^a,b   Zingone, Adriana ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780849379901     Document Type: Chapter

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