An evolutionary legacy of sex and clonal reproduction in the protistan oyster parasite Perkinsus marinus

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 598-609

  Thompson, Peter C ^a   Rosenthal, Benjamin M ^b   Hare, Matthew P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Asexual reproduction; Clonality; Crassostrea virginica; Dermo; Inbreeding; Multiple infections

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HETEROZYGOSITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OYSTER; PARASITOSIS; PERKINSUS OYSTER; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRASSOSTREA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PLOIDIES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTION;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 79953088247     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.01.008     Document Type: Article

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