Approaches for characterising myxozoan species

Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 111-123

  Atkinson, Stephen D ^a   Bartošová Sojková, Pavla ^b   Whipps, Christopher M ^c   Bartholomew, Jerri L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Genotype; Molecular markers; Morphology; Species complex; SSU

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943791780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14753-6_6     Document Type: Chapter

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