Plasmodium dominicana n. sp. (Plasmodiidae: Haemospororida) from Tertiary Dominican amber

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-52

  Poinar Jr , George ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULEX; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE CARRIER; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SPOROZOITE;

AMBER; ANIMALS; CULEX; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INSECT VECTORS; OOCYSTS; PLASMODIUM; SPOROZOITES;

AVES; CULEX (GENUS); CULEX (SUBGENUS); CULICIDAE; CULICINAE; DIPTERA; GALLIFORMES; PLASMODIUM JUXTANUCLEARE; PRIMATES;

EID: 21044443813     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-004-6354-6     Document Type: Article

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