Myxozoan affinities and route to endoparasitism

Myxozoan Evolution, Ecology and Development

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 23-44

  Okamura, Beth ^a   Gruhl, Alexander ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buddenbrockia; Cnidaria; Host acquisition; Life cycle evolution; Long branch attraction; Minicollagen; Mitochondrial genes; Morphological simplification; Phylogeny; Polar capsules; Polypodium hydriforme; SSU rDNA; Undiscovered diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943793516     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-14753-6_2     Document Type: Chapter

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