Species formation by host shifting in avian malaria parasites

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 41, 2014, Pages 14816-14821

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Outlaw, Diana C ^b   Svensson Coelho, Maria ^a,c   Medeiros, Matthew C I ^a   Ellis, Vincenzo A ^a   Latta, Steven ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d National Aviary   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging infectious disease; Haemoproteus; Host switching; Plasmodium; Species diversification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AVIAN MALARIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EVOLUTION; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HAEMOSPORIDA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MALARIA, AVIAN; PARASITES; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMPATRY; WEST INDIES;

EID: 84907938532     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1416356111     Document Type: Article

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