Evolutionary relationships of avian Eimeria species among other apicomplexan protozoa : monophyly of the apicomplexa is supported

• Published in: Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 345 - 355
• Main Authors: BARTA, J. R, JENKINS, M. C, DANFORTH, H. D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.05.1991
• Subjects: Animals; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; Biological evolution; Eimeria - genetics; Eukaryota - classification; Eukaryota - genetics; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution; Molecular Sequence Data; Phylogeny; RNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Sequence Alignment; Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; Species Specificity; Protozoa; Molecular evolution; Biological evolution; Ribosomal DNA; Eimeria tenella; 16S-RNA; Eimeria acervulina; Homology; Phylogeny; Sporozoa

Direct, reverse transcriptase-mediated, partial sequencing of the small-subunit (16S-like) ribosomal RNA (srRNA) of Eimeria tenella and E. acervulina was performed. Sequences were aligned by eye with six previously published, partial or complete srRNA sequences of apicomplexan protists (Plasmodium b...