Article
Widespread Distribution of Ceratonova shasta (Cnidaria: Myxosporea) Genotypes Indicates Evolutionary Adaptation to its Salmonid Fish Hosts.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2018
Stinson Matthew E T, Atkinson Stephen D, Bartholomew Jerri L
Abstract excerpt
The distribution of the freshwater myxozoan parasite Ceratonova shasta in the Pacific Northwest of North America is limited to overlap in the ranges of its 2 hosts: the polychaete Manyunkia sp., and Pacific salmonids. Studies in the Klamath River (Oregon/California) and Deschutes River (Oregon), showed that the parasite population is comprised of multiple sympatric genotypes, some of which correlate with...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
