The evolution of parasitism in Nematoda

Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages S26-S39

  Blaxter, Mark ^a   Koutsovoulos, Georgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evolution; genome; horizontal gene transfer; Nematoda; nematodes; parasitism; phylogeny; symbiont; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMENSAL; EVOLUTION; GENOME SIZE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEMATODE; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBIONT; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; GENETICS; GENOME; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; MICROBIOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENOME, HELMINTH; INVERTEBRATES; NEMATODA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84922651044     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014000791     Document Type: Article

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