Are microbes fundamentally different than macroorganisms? Convergence and a possible case for neutral phenotypic evolution in testate amoeba (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida)

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Oliverio, Angela M ^a   Lahr, Daniel J G ^b   Grant, Jessica ^a   Katz, Laura A ^a,c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcellinida; Convergence; Cryptic species; Sex; Testate amoebae; Tubulinea

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958087758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150414     Document Type: Article

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