High nucleotide divergence in a dimorphic parasite with disparate hosts

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1636, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Kathirithamby, Jeyaraney ^a   Gillespie, Joseph J ^b,c,d   Jimenez Guri, Eva ^a   Cognato, Anthony I ^b,e   Johnston, J Spencer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

18S rDNA; 28S rDNA; Caenocholax fenyesi sensu lato; Myrmecolacidae; Strepsiptera

Indexed keywords

CAENOCHOLAX FENYESI; DOLICHODERUS BISPINOSUS; MYRMECOLACIDAE; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; STREPSIPTERA;

EID: 36349031723     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1636.1.4     Document Type: Article

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