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Phenotypic Analysis of Rodent Malaria Parasite Asexual and Sexual Blood Stages and Mosquito Stages
Published on: May 30, 2019
[Distribution of coccidians (Coccidea) among different groups of hosts]
Abstract:
Approximately 3660 species of Coccidea belonging to 73 genera and 29 families parasitize representatives of the Metazoa kingdom. Coccidea were discovered in 10 of 35 phyla of Metazoa; in the most cases a direct correlation between the number of species in a host group and the number of Coccidea known from that group is clearly traced. Host groups, which are most archaic phylogenetically, are also parasitized by the archaic Coccidea groups. Evolutionarily derived hosts are parasitized by groups of Coccidea, which are the youngest phylogenetically. Parallel development of Coccidea and their hosts may be used for an indirect determination the time of origin of different Coccidea groups.
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