Species concepts for trypanosomes: From morphological to molecular definitions?

Kinetoplastid Biology and Disease

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gibson, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENUS; HOST RANGE; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW; SUBSPECIES; TAXON; TAXONOMY; TRYPANOSOMA; TSETSE FLY;

EID: 2942604301     PISSN: 14759292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9292-2-10     Document Type: Review

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