Phylogeny of the order Tintinnida (Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) inferred from small- and large-subunit rRNA genes

Concatenated sequences of small- and large-subunit rRNA genes were used to infer the phylogeny of 29 species in six genera of Tintinnida. We confirmed previous results on the positions of major clusters and the grouping of various genera, including Stenosemella, the paraphyletic Tintinnopsis, the ne...

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Autores: Santoferrara, Luciana Fernanda, McManus, George B., Alder, Viviana Andrea
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/189139
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/189139
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:CILIATE
CONCATENATED PHYLOGENY
LSU RDNA
SSU RDNA
TINTINNID
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Sumario:Concatenated sequences of small- and large-subunit rRNA genes were used to infer the phylogeny of 29 species in six genera of Tintinnida. We confirmed previous results on the positions of major clusters and the grouping of various genera, including Stenosemella, the paraphyletic Tintinnopsis, the newly investigated Helicostomella, and some species of the polyphyletic Favella. Tintinnidium and Eutintinnus were found to be monophyletic. This study contributes to tintinnid phylogenetic reconstruction by increasing both the number of species and the range of genetic markers analyzed.