Coevolutionary patterns and diversification of avian malaria parasites in African sunbirds (Family Nectariniidae)

Parasitology

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 635-647

  Lauron, Elvin J ^a   Loiseau, Claire ^a   Bowie, Rauri C K ^b   Spicer, Greg S ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^c   Melo, Martim ^d   Sehgal, Ravinder N M ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

African sunbird; avian malaria; cospeciation; host switching; nectariniidae; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; AFRICAN SUNBIRD; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; COEVOLUTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; AVIAN MALARIA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARASITOLOGY; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AVES; NECTARINIIDAE;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOSYSTEM; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MALARIA, AVIAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLASMODIUM;

EID: 84927125101     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182014001681     Document Type: Article

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