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

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), which is sug...

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Autores principales: Santiago-Alarcon, Diego, Rodríguez-Ferraro, Adriana, Parker, Patricia G, Ricklefs, Robert E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077843/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24957563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-286