Is Giardia a living fossil?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 104-107

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SUGAR;

ATMOSPHERE; ENERGY YIELD; EUKARYOTE; FOSSIL; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; PROTISTA;

EID: 13944277748     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.01.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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