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Species concepts and malaria parasites: detecting a cryptic species of <i>Plasmodium</i>
22 Nov 2000
Abstract excerpt
Species of malaria parasite (phylum Apicomplexa: genus Plasmodium) have traditionally been described using the similarity species concept (based primarily on differences in morphological or life-history characteristics). The biological species concept (reproductive isolation) and phylogenetic species concept (based on monophyly) have not been used before in defining species of Plasmodium. Plasmodium azurophilum,...
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