The Microtubular Cytoskeleton of the Apusomonad Thecamonas, a Sister Lineage to the Opisthokonts

Protist

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 598-621

  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

Amorphea; Eukaryote evolution; Flagellate; Protist; Protozoa; Ultrastructure.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879914733     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: 16180941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2013.05.005     Document Type: Article

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