Phylogeny of the Kinetoplastida: Taxonomic Problems and Insights into the Evolution of Parasitism

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 397-402

  Maslov, Dmitri A ^a   Podlipaev, Sergei A ^b   Lukeš, Julius ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bodonina; Kinetoplastida; Parasitism; Phylogeny; Trypanosomatina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FLAGELLATE; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; KINETOPLASTIDA; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 0035316081     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000300021     Document Type: Article

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