Analysis of ribosomal RNA genes suggests that trypanosomes are monophyletic.

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Analysis of ribosomal RNA genes suggests that trypanosomes are monophyletic.

Journal of molecular evolution - 1 May 1997

Lukes J, Jirkû M, Dolezel D, Kral'ová I, Hollar L, Maslov D A

Abstract excerpt

To further investigate the phylogeny of protozoa from the order Kinetoplastida we have sequenced the small subunit (SSU) and a portion of the large subunit (LSU) nuclear rRNA genes. The SSU and LSU sequences were determined from a lizard trypanosome, Trypanosoma scelopori and a bodonid, Rhynchobo...

Topics

Animals
Genes, Protozoan
Genetic Variation
Lizards
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
RNA, Protozoan
RNA, Ribosomal
Trypanosomatina

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