The current status of the small subunit rRNA phylogeny of the coccidia (Sporozoa)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 501-514

  Morrison, David A ^a   Bornstein, Set ^a   Thebo, Per ^a   Wernery, Ulrich ^b   Kinne, Jörg ^b   Mattsson, Jens G ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

18S rRNA sequences; Bayesian phylogenetic analysis; Camel; Coccidia; Eimeriidae; Eimeriorina; Isospora; Phylogeny; Sarcocystidae

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOSPORA; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; SPOROZOON; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COCCIDIA; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; ISOSPORA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AVES; CAMELIDAE; CARYOSPORA BIGENETICA; COCCIDIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIIDAE; EIMERIORINA; GOUSSIA JANAE; ISOSPORA; LANKESTERELLA; MAMMALIA; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SPOROZOA;

EID: 1542358198     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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