Cophylogeny of nosema (Microsporidia: Nosematidae) and bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) suggests both cospeciation and a host-switch

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 198-203

  Shafer, Aaron B A ^a,b   Williams, Geoffrey R ^a   Shutler, Dave ^a   Rogers, Richard E L ^a,c   Stewart, Donald T ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Wildwood Labs Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BEE; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FUNGUS; HOST SPECIFICITY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

APIS CERANA; ARTICLE; BUMBLEBEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; HONEYBEE; HOST RANGE; HYMENOPTERA; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA BOMBI; NOSEMA CERANAE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BEE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

APIDAE; APIS CERANA; APOIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; MICROSPORIDIA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA APIS; NOSEMA BOMBI; NOSEMA CERANAE; NOSEMATIDAE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BEES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; NOSEMA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 64549120202     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1724.1     Document Type: Article

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