Phylogenetic relationships among Hepatozoon species from snakes, frogs and mosquitoes of Ontario, Canada, determined by ITS-1 nucleotide sequences and life-cycle, morphological and developmental characteristics

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-304

  Smith, Todd G ^a   Kim, Betty ^a   Desser, Sherwin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adeleorina; Apicomplexa; DNA sequencing; Frog; Hepatozoon; ITS 1; Mosquito; Phylogenetics; Snake

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FROG; HEPATOZOON; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPOROZOITE;

ADELEORINA; ANURA; APICOMPLEXA; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CATESBIANAE; HEPATOZOON SIPEDON; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA CLAMITANS MELANOTA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0032992883     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00198-2     Document Type: Article

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