Morphology, ontogenesis, and molecular phylogeny of an Indian population of Cyrtohymena (Cyrtohymenides) shii, including remarks on the subgenus

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-297

  Singh, Jasbir ^a   Kamra, Komal ^a   Sapra, Gulshan Rai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; Cyrtohymena (Cyrtohymenides) shii; Hypotricha; India; Morphogenesis; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CHEMISTRY; CILIATE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

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

CILIOPHORA; CYRTOHYMENA; CYRTOHYMENA CITRINA; HYPOTRICHIA; OXYTRICHIDAE; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 84875378363     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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