title: Species of the Paramecium aurelia complex in Russia (western region of European Russia) with molecular characteristics of Paramecium novaurelia.
abstract: The presence of P. primaurelia, P. biaurelia, P. triaurelia, and P. novaurelia of the P. aurelia complex was revealed in the studied region of Russia. RAPD-PCR fingerprints (band patterns) of newly identified P. novaurelia strains from Russia were compared to those characteristic for the other chosen European strains of the species. The strains revealed intraspecific polymorphism as several groups of genotypes confirming the existence of polymorphism within P. novaurelia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Zoology, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Sławkowska 17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland. przybos@isez.pan.krakow.pl
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Przyboś
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tarcz
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rautian
authors.forename: Alexey
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Potekhin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010247:Paramecium / Q000235:genetics*; D012426:Russia