The origins of parasitism in the platyhelminthes: A summary interpreted on the basis of recent literature

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 739-746

  Rohde, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Evolution; Horizontal character transfer; Nutrition; Parasitism; Phylogeny; Physiology; Platyhelminthes

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TURBELLARIA;

MONOGENEA; NEODERMATA; PLATYHELMINTHES; TURBELLARIA;

EVOLUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0031450931     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00014-3     Document Type: Article

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