Molecular phylogeny of Babesia poelea from brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) from Johnston Atoll, central Pacific

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 423-425

  Yabsley, Michael J ^a   Work, Thierry M ^b   Rameyer, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; DNA BASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RNA 18S; RNA 5.8S;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA;

ARTICLE; BABESIA; BABESIA POELEA; BASE PAIRING; BIRD; BROWN BOOBIES; CLADISTICS; COCCIDIA; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; INTRON; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TUBULIN;

JOHNSTON; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (CENTRAL); UNITED STATES;

AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA POELEA; CANIS LUPUS; COCCIDIA; SULA LEUCOGASTER; THEILERIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33646479535     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-617R.1     Document Type: Article

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