The taxonomic position and evolutionary relationships of Trypanosoma rangeli

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 749-757

  Stevens, J R ^a,b   Teixeira, M M G ^c   Bingle, L E H ^a   Gibson, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5S rRNA; Evolution; Mini exon; Phylogenetics; Spliced leader; SsrRNA; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypanosoma rangeli

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; EVOLUTION; EXON; KANGAROO; MAMMAL; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; RNA SEQUENCE; SALIVA; SOUTH AMERICA; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALIA; HERPETOSOMA; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMA DIONISII; TRYPANOSOMA LEEUWENHOEKI; TRYPANOSOMA MINASENSE; TRYPANOSOMA RANGELI; TRYPANOSOMA VESPERTILIONIS;

EID: 0033028122     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00016-8     Document Type: Article

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