Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30870264, 40976075);a grant from the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity, King Saud University;a Marie Curie Incoming International Fellowship within the 7th European Community Framework Programme
The sporadotrichid ciliates are an especially diverse group. A number of investigators have studied the morphological, morphogenetic, and molecular relationships among members of this group. Despite this, a consistent...
supported by the “Natural Science Foundation of China” (Grant No 30870264);the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) STO414/2-4;supported by the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity Research and the DNA Research Chair, King Saud University
The ciliate genus Protocruzia belongs to one of the most ambiguous taxa considering its systematic position,possibly as a member of the classes Heterotrichea,Spirotrichea or Karyorelictea,which is tentatively placed i...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30870280 and 30870264);a joint grant from the Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and the DNA Research Chair, King Saud University
The phylogenetic relationship among tintinnid ciliates are relatively poorly studied based on molecular data. In the present work, seven species belonging to five genera of the order Tintinnida (Amphorellopsis acuta, ...