Evolutionary biology of parasitic platyhelminths: The role of molecular phylogenetics

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 66-71

  Blair, David ^a   Campos, Andres ^b   Cummings, Michael P ^c   Laclette, Juan Pedro ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; REVIEW;

CESTODA; MONOGENEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030030777     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(96)80657-0     Document Type: Review

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