Cladistic analysis of myxozoan species with known alternating life-cycles

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 81-91

  Xiao, Chongxie ^a   Desser, Sherwin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOSPOREAN STAGE; ANNELID WORM; FISH; LIFE CYCLE; MONOPHYLY; MYXOSPOREAN STAGE; MYXOZOAN; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; FISH DISEASES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034098807     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006323207759     Document Type: Article

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