Old parasites for a new world: The future of paleoparasitological research. A review

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-371

  Dittmar, Katharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HUMAN EVOLUTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; DOMESTICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MIGRATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PALEOPARASITOLOGY; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CLIMATE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENOMICS; HISTORY; METABOLISM; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLIMATE; DNA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOMICS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

EID: 67651120039     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1676.1     Document Type: Review

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