Phylogenetic analysis based on full-length large subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence comparison reveals that Neospora caninum is more closely related to Hammondia heydorni than to Toxoplasma gondii

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1545-1556

  Mugridge, Nancy B ^a   Morrison, David A ^a   Heckeroth, Anja R ^b   Johnson, Alan M ^a   Tenter, Astrid M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hammondia hammondi; Hammondia heydorni; Large subunit ribosomal RNA; Neospora caninum; Phylogeny; Sequence alignment; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; HAMMONDIA; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIDAE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032704628     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00150-2     Document Type: Article

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