The genus Hammondia is paraphyletic

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 357-362

  Ellis, J T ^a   Morrison, D A ^a   Liddell, S ^b   Jenkins, M C ^b   Mohammed, O B ^c   Ryce, C ^a   Dubey, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Natl Commn Wildl Conserv/Devmt   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Hammondia spp.; Neospora caninum; Phylogeny; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EIMERIIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOSPORA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TOXOPLASMA;

HAMMONDIA; HAMMONDIA HAMMONDI; HAMMONDIA HEYDORNI; NEOSPORA CANINUM; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0032893594     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003801     Document Type: Article

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