| Literature DB >> 26830727 |
Beth Okamura1, Alexander Gruhl2.
Abstract
Recent evidence places the problematic Polypodium, a parasite of fish eggs, firmly as sister taxon to Myxozoa within the Cnidaria. This resolution suggests a single route to endoparasitism in Cnidaria, with larval stages of a common ancestor exploiting fish as first hosts. It also enables new interpretations and insights regarding evolutionary transitions associated with endoparasitism. CrownKeywords: Cnidaria; evolution of parasitism; fish parasites; phylogeny
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Year: 2016 PMID： 26830727 DOI： 10.1016/j.pt.2016.01.007
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Parasitol ISSN： 1471-4922