Ciliate biodiversity and phylogenetic reconstruction assessed by multiple molecular markers
Ciliates provide a powerful system within microbial eukaryotes in which molecular genealogies can be compared to detailed morphological taxonomies. Two groups with such detailed taxonomies are the Colpodea and the Halteriidae. There are about 200 described Colpodea species that are found primarily i...
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2009
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3379954 |