Environmental survey meta-analysis reveals hidden diversity among unicellular opisthokonts

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 802-805

  Del Campo, Javier ^a   Ruiz Trillo, Iñaki ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

choanoflagellates; distribution; diversity; ichthyosporeans; unicellular opisthokonts

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CHOANOFLAGELLATE; CLADISTICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS CULTURE; ICHTHYOSPOREA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; OPISTHOKONTA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHOANOFLAGELLATA; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MESOMYCETOZOEA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; FUNGI; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; ICHTHYOSPOREA; METAZOA; NUCLEARIIDAE;

EID: 84875609542     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst006     Document Type: Article

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