Phylogenetic analysis of Sarcoystis spp. of mammals and reptiles supports the coevolution of Sarcocystis spp. with their final hosts

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 795-798

  Dolezel D ^a,b   Koudela, B ^a,b   Jirku M ^a   Hypsa V ^a,b   Obornik M ^a   Votypka J ^c   Modry D ^a,d   Slapeta J R ^d   Lukes J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coccidia; Coevolution; Phylogenetic analysis; Sarcocystis; Small subunit rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

COEVOLUTION; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE;

ARTICLE; BIRD; COCCIDIA; EVOLUTION; HOST; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SARCOCYSTIS; SNAKE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OWL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; COCCIDIA; ISOSPORA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS DISPERSA; SARCOCYSTIS SP.; SERPENTES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; VIPERIDAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SARCOCYSTIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAKES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0032587793     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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