Diversity and phylogeny of insect trypanosomatids: All that is hidden shall be revealed

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-52

  Maslov, Dmitri A ^a   Votýpka, Jan ^b,c   Yurchenko, Vyacheslav ^d   Lukeš, Julius ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Insect trypanosomatids; Kinetoplastea; Monoxenous parasites; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Trypanosomatidae

Indexed keywords

KINETOPLAST DNA;

BIODIVERSITY; CHOANOMASTIGOTE; CLADISTICS; HOST RANGE; INSECT; KINETOPLAST; KINETOPLASTIDA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PARAPHYLY; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYPHYLY; REVIEW; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

HEXAPODA; KINETOPLASTIDA; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 84871703275     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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