From the Twig Tips to the Deeper Branches: New Insights into Evolutionary History and Phylogeography of Ascaris

Ascaris: The Neglected Parasite

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 265-285

  Betson, Martha ^a   Nejsum, Peter ^b   Stothard, J Russell ^c  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ascariasis; DNA barcoding; Evolution; Phylogenetics; Population genetics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882585741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396978-1.00010-0     Document Type: Chapter

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