How can we determine the molecular clock of malaria parasites?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 363-369

  Bensch, Staffan ^a   Hellgren, Olof ^a   Križanauskiene, Asta ^b   Palinauskas, Vaidas ^b   Valkiunas, Gediminas ^b   Outlaw, Diana ^c   Ricklefs, Robert E ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Birds; Cospeciation; Host shifts; Mitochondrial DNA; Plasmodium; Rate calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FOSSIL; MALARIA; MOLECULAR CLOCK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; REVIEW;

APICOMPLEXA; BIRDS; COSPECIATION; HOST SHIFTS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PLASMODIUM; RATE CALIBRATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC SPECIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALARIA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

APICOMPLEXA; AVES; PLASMODIUM (APICOMPLEXA);

EID: 84880963227     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.03.011     Document Type: Review

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