Species boundaries in gregarine apicomplexan parasites: A case study-comparison of morphometric and molecular variability in lecudina cf. tuzetae (eugregarinorida, lecudinidae)

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 275-283

  Rueckert, Sonja ^a,b   Villette, Petra M A H ^a   Leander, Brian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alveolata; Apicomplexa; DNA barcode; gregarine; Lecudina tuzetae; molecular phylogeny; morphology; species; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

CELL ORGANELLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRY; PARASITE; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYCHAETE; RELATEDNESS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; APICOMPLEXA; BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYCHAETA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TROPHOZOITES;

CANADA;

ALVEOLATA; APICOMPLEXA; GREGARINIA; LECUDINA TUZETAE; LECUDINIDAE; NEREIS VEXILLOSA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 79960452979     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00553.x     Document Type: Article

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