Molecular phylogenetic relatedness of Frenkelia spp. (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) to Sarcocystis falcatula stiles 1893: Is the genus Sarcocystis paraphyletic?

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Votýpka, Jan ^a,b   Hypša, Václav ^a,c   Jirků, Milan ^a   Flegr, Jaroslav ^b   Vávra, Jiří ^b   Lukeš, Julius ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Evolution; Heteroxenous coccialia; Life cycle; SSU rRNA sequences

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; RIBOSOMAL RNA; RODENT;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; BUTEO; COCCIDIA; DIDELPHIDAE; EQUIDAE; FRENKELIA; FRENKELIA MICROTI; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 2642597082     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb05081.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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