Resolving the phylogeny of malaria parasites

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 32, 2011, Pages 12973-12974

  Rich, Stephen M ^a   Xu, Guang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

HAEMOSPORIDA; HUMAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; PLASMODIUM KNOWLESI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MALARIA; PARASITES;

EID: 80051984497     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110141108     Document Type: Note

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