Clonal diversity of a lizard malaria parasite, Plasmodium mexicanum, in its vertebrate host, the western fence lizard: Role of variation in transmission intensity over time and space

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 2712-2720

  Vardo, A M ^a   Schall, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal diversity; Lizard malaria; Microsatellites; Plasmodium; Plasmodium mexicanum; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; LIZARD; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; TIME; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIZARDS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; PREVALENCE; TIME; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRULENCE;

AVES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MEXICANUM; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34347327196     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03355.x     Document Type: Article

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