The flagellar apparatus of Breviata anathema, a eukaryote without a clear supergroup affinity

European Journal of Protistology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 354-372

  Heiss, Aaron A ^a   Walker, Giselle ^b   Simpson, Alastair G B ^a,c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amitochondriate; Cytoskeleton; Electron microscopy; Evolution; Protist; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EUKARYOTE; FLAGELLUM; MICROTUBULE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA; FLAGELLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROTUBULES;

AMOEBOZOA; ANCYROMONADIDAE; APUSOMONADIDAE; ARCHEZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI/METAZOA GROUP; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TUBULOCRISTATA;

EID: 84878571410     PISSN: 09324739     EISSN: 16180429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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