Discovery of a 240 million year old nematode parasite egg in a cynodont coprolite sheds light on the early origin of pinworms in vertebrates

BACKGROUND: We report the discovery of a nematode parasite egg (Nemata: Oxyurida) from a coprolite closely associated with the remains of several species of Cynodontia, dated to 240 million years old. This finding is particularly significant because this is the oldest record of an oxyurid nematode y...

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Autores principales: Hugot, Jean-Pierre, Gardner, Scott L, Borba, Victor, Araujo, Priscilla, Leles, Daniela, Stock Da-Rosa, Átila Augusto, Dutra, Juliana, Ferreira, Luiz Fernando, Araújo, Adauto
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/PMC4236488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25495824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0486-6

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