Ewa Przyboś, Sebastian Tarcz (2018)

Paramecium (Protista, Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) as a model organism in biological studies, especially concerning speciation process

68 pp., paperback, ISBN 978-83-61358-80-0

This is a consize monography of genus Paramecium, the authors provide information about its particular subgenera, and, in turn, their species (e.g. cytological characteristics, and phylograms are included). The largest chapter concerns subgenus Paramecium, and the P. aurelia species complex. Paramecium is a very suitable object for studies of protist microevolution with application of genetic, cytological, and molecular techniques, as is composed of several morphological species, arranged into subgenera, species in turn consist of cryptic or sibling species. In fact, they are biological species, being reproductively isolated groups.