Out of Africa: Origins of the Taenia tapeworms in humans

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1469, 2001, Pages 781-787

  Hoberg, E P ^a   Alkire, N L ^a   De Queiroz, A ^a   Jones, A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Historical ecology; Human parasites; Taenia tapeworms

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; DIVERGENCE; HOST RANGE; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY;

AFRICA; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CARNIVORE; CESTODE; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMINID; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS TAURUS; CESTODA; FELIDAE; HOMINIDAE; HOMO; HYAENIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SUS SCROFA; TAENIA; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 0035932739     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1579     Document Type: Article

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