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Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolution of Primate-Derived Pneumocystis Based on Mitochondrial or Nuclear DNA Sequence Comparison
1 Dec 2003
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Previous studies have demonstrated that the agent of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP), Pneumocystis carinii, is actually a complex of eukaryotic organisms, and cophylogeny could explain the distribution of the hosts and parasites. In the present work, we tested the hypothesis of cophylogeny between the primate-derived Pneumocystis group and their hosts. Specific strains isolated from 20 primate species, including...
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