Further observations on in vitro hybridization of hemosporidian parasites: Patterns of ookinete development in Haemoproteus spp.

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 124-136

  Valkiunas, Gediminas ^a   Palinauskas, Vaidas ^a   Križanauskiene, Asta ^a   Bernotiene, Rasa ^a   Kazlauskiene, Rita ^a   Iezhova, Tatjana A ^a  

^a Nature Research Centre   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

BIRD; DISEASE VECTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE; HYBRIDIZATION; INFECTIVITY; MITOCHONDRION; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL LINEAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOGENESIS; HAEMOPROTEUS; HAEMOPROTEUS BALMORALI; HAEMOPROTEUS BELOPOLSKYI; HAEMOPROTEUS LANII; HAEMOPROTEUS MINUTUS; HAEMOPROTEUS NUCLEOCONDENSUS; HAEMOPROTEUS PALLIDUS; HAEMOPROTEUS PARABELOPOLSKYI; HAEMOPROTEUS PAYEVSKYI; HAEMOPROTEUS TARTAKOVSKYI; HAEMOSPORIDA; IN VITRO STUDY; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OOKINETE; ORGANISM HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CYTOCHROMES B; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HAEMOSPORIDA; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITEMIA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPRODUCTION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84873634961     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3226.1     Document Type: Article

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