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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Strongyloides and related nematodes.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Nov 2002
Dorris Mark, Viney Mark E, Blaxter Mark L
Abstract excerpt
Strongyloides spp., parasitic nematodes of humans and many other terrestrial vertebrates, display an unusual heterogonic lifecycle involving alternating parasitic and free-living adult reproductive stages. A number of other genera have similar lifecycles, but their relationships to Strongyloides have not been clarified. We have inferred a phylogeny of 12 species of Strongyloides, Parastrongyloides, Rhabdias and...
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