Sphaerospora sensu stricto: Taxonomy, diversity and evolution of a unique lineage of myxosporeans (Myxozoa)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-105

  Bartošová, Pavla ^a   Fiala, Ivan ^a   Jirků, Miloslav ^a   Cinková, Martina ^a   Caffara, Monica ^b   Fioravanti, Maria Letizia ^b   Atkinson, Stephen Douglas ^c   Bartholomew, Jerri Lee ^c   Holzer, Astrid Sibylle ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GC content; Genus emendment; Phylogeny; RDNA inserts; Sporoplasmic organization; Suppression of Polysporoplasma

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FISH; FISH DISEASE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; MYXOZOA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT;

ANIMALS; BASE COMPOSITION; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GENETIC VARIATION; MYXOZOA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; MYXOSPOREA; MYXOZOA; POLYSPOROPLASMA; SPHAEROSPORA; SPHAEROSPORA ELEGANS; SPHAEROSPORIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876703748     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.02.026     Document Type: Article

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