Phylogenetic study of Class Armophorea (Alveolata, Ciliophora) based on 18S-rDNA data

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-585

  Paiva, Thiago da Silva ^a,b   Borges, Bárbara do Nascimento ^c   da Silva Neto, Inácio Domingos ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caenomorpha; Metopus; Nyctotherus; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ALVEOLATA; ARMOPHOREA; ARTICLE; CAENOMORPHIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; INTRAMACRONUCLEATA; LITOSTOMATEA; METOPIDAE; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYCTOTHERIDAE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPIROTRICHEA;

EID: 84890413277     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572013000400017     Document Type: Article

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