A molecular phylogeny of malarial parasites recovered from cytochrome b gene sequences

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 972-978

  Perkins, Susan L ^a   Schall, Jos J ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B;

MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; LIFE HISTORY; LIZARD; MALARIA; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; HAEMOPROTEUS; HEPATOCYSTIS; LEUCOCYTOZOON; MAMMALIA; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM REICHENOWI; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036801380     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[0972:ampomp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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