supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40906065 and 31030059)
Discocephalids and pseudoamphisiellids are possibly two of the most confused groups among hypotrichous/euplotid ciliates regarding their systematic position and phylogenetic relationships.The former were often regarde...
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...
This work was supported by the Important Direction of Knowledge Innovation Program from Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KSCX2-SW-101C);National Natural Science Foundat ion of China(Grant Nos.90408016,30021004&30170135);Yunnan Province(Grant No.2000YP19).
Several groups of parasitic protozoa, as represented by Giardia, Trichomonas, En-tamoeba and Microsporida, were once widely considered to be the most primitive extant eu-karyotic group―Archezoa. The main evidence for...