Multigene-based analyses on evolutionary phylogeny of two controversial ciliate orders: Pleuronematida and Loxocephalida (Protista, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-63

  Gao, Feng ^a,b   Katz, Laura A ^b,c   Song, Weibo ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Loxocephalida; Multigene phylogeny; Pleuronematida; RDNA; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

APOSTOMATIDEA; CILIOPHORA; CINETOCHILIDAE; CINETOCHILUM; CYCLIDIUM GLAUCOMA; CYCLIDIUM PLOUNEOURI; LOXOCEPHALIDAE; OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA; PLEURONEMA; PLEURONEMATIDA; PLEURONEMATIDAE; PROTISTA; SATHROPHILUS; SCHIZOCALYPTRA; SCUTICOCILIATIA; THIGMOTRICHIDA;

EID: 84876160362     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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