Different meal, same flavor: cospeciation and host switching of haemosporidian parasites in some non-passerine birds

Different meal, same flavor: cospeciation and host switching of haemosporidian parasites in some non-passerine birds

Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that haemosporidian parasites (Haemoproteus (Parahaemoproteus) and Plasmodium) infecting passerine birds have an evolutionary history of host switching with little cospeciation, in particular at low taxonomic levels (e.g., below the family level), whic...

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Main Authors: Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Adriana Rodríguez-Ferraro, Patricia G Parker, Robert E Ricklefs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-06-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Cospeciation
Haemoproteus
Haemosporida
Host switching
Non-passerines
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-286

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-286

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