| Literature DB >> 7596636 |
T J Ellis1, K Luton, P R Baverstock, G Whitworth, A M Tenter, A M Johnson.
Abstract
The current taxonomy of parasites in the genus Sarcocystis is largely based on morphological characteristics as well as on host specificity and life-cycle structure. Recently, phylogenetic analyses of partial ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences provided support for paraphyly of Sarcocystis. We have tested the validity of this hypothesis by sequencing the complete 18S rRNA genes of Sarcocystis arieticanis, Sarcocystis gigantea and Sarcocystis tenella and comparing them with gene sequences derived from other taxa of the phylum Apicomplexa. The results obtained from this study do not reject the hypothesis of monophyly of Sarcocystis species, although the bootstrap data were inconclusive for some species.Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID： 7596636 DOI： 10.1017/s0031182000065239
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parasitology ISSN： 0031-1820 Impact factor: 3.234