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Phylogeny Of The Ciliate Family Psilotrichidae (Protista, Ciliophora), A Curious And Poorly-Known Taxon, With Notes On Two Algae-Bearing Psilotrichids From Guam, Usa, Xiaotian Luo, Jie A. Huang, Lifang Li, Weibo Song, William A. Bourland
Phylogeny Of The Ciliate Family Psilotrichidae (Protista, Ciliophora), A Curious And Poorly-Known Taxon, With Notes On Two Algae-Bearing Psilotrichids From Guam, Usa, Xiaotian Luo, Jie A. Huang, Lifang Li, Weibo Song, William A. Bourland
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Background: The classification of the family Psilotrichidae, a curious group of ciliated protists with unique morphological and ontogenetic features, is ambiguous and poorly understood particularly due to the lack of molecular data. Hence, the systematic relationship between this group and other taxa in the subclass Hypotrichia remains unresolved. In this paper the morphology and phylogenetics of species from two genera of Psilotrichida are studied to shed new light on the phylogeny and species diversity of this group of ciliates.
Results: The 18S rRNA gene sequences of species from two psilotrichid genera were obtained. In the phylogenetic trees, the available psilotrichid …
The Role Of Antarctica In Biogeographical Reconstruction: A Point Of View, Manuel De La Estrella, Sven Buerki, Thais Vasconcelos, Eve J. Lucas, Félix Forest
The Role Of Antarctica In Biogeographical Reconstruction: A Point Of View, Manuel De La Estrella, Sven Buerki, Thais Vasconcelos, Eve J. Lucas, Félix Forest
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Premise of research. The opening of the Drake Passage in the Miocene (disconnecting Antarctica and South America and resulting in the establishment of the Circumpolar Current preventing warm waters from the north to reach the polar continent) has led to the formation of the ice sheets and the retreat of the temperate to tropical vegetation that had covered Antarctica for millions of years. With only two current native vascular plant species, Antarctica has been virtually ignored in biogeographical reconstructions and, when considered, only a posteriori invoked as a route of dispersal to reconcile inferred disjunct biogeographical patterns.
Methodology. Here, we …