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Molecular identification of Haemosporidia in avian endemics of Gorgona Island within a context for the eastern tropical Pacific region.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Mar 2020
Sedano-Cruz Raul, Castillo Andres, Gil-Vargas Diana Lorena
Abstract excerpt
Island bird populations and their obligate blood parasites are of interest for understanding the accumulation of biodiversity and the evolutionary relationship with their mainland congeners. We examined avian Haemosporidia cytochrome b gene among terrestrial birds on Gorgona Island National Park, Colombia. Three Haemoproteus haplotype groups found on Gorgona Island have a higher genetic similarity to Haemoproteus...
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