Phylogenetic analysis of Hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infecting frogs of Nova Scotia, Canada, determined by ITS-1 sequences

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1435-1441

  Boulianne, Bryant ^a   Evans, Rodger C ^a   Smith, Todd G ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER;

ARTHROPOD; FROG; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTOZOAN;

APICOMPLEXA; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DNA EXTRACTION; FROG; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CATESBIANAE; HEPATOZOON CLAMATAE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COCCIDIOSIS; DNA, INTERGENIC; EUCOCCIDIIDA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOVA SCOTIA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RANIDAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ADELEORINA; ANURA; APICOMPLEXA; ARTHROPODA; HEPATOZOON; HEPATOZOON CATESBIANAE; HEPATOZOON CLAMATAE; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 38849193500     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1041.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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