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Growing diversity of trypanosomatid parasites of flies (Diptera: Brachycera): frequent cosmopolitism and moderate host specificity.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Oct 2013
Týč Jiří, Votýpka Jan, Klepetková Helena, Suláková Hana, Jirků Milan, Lukeš Julius
Abstract excerpt
Widely distributed, highly prevalent and speciose, trypanosomatid flagellates represent a convenient model to address topics such as host specificity, diversity and distribution of parasitic protists. Recent studies dealing with insect parasites of the class Kinetoplastea have been focused mainly on trypanosomatids from true bugs (Heteroptera), even though flies (Diptera, Brachycera) are also known as their...
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