Phylogenetic analysis of Sarcocystis spp. of mammals and reptiles supports the coevolution of Sarcocystis spp. with their final hosts
Language English Country England, Great Britain Media print
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PubMed
10404278
DOI
10.1016/s0020-7519(99)00018-1
PII: S0020751999000181
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Biological Evolution MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- Snakes parasitology MeSH
- Host-Parasite Interactions MeSH
- Molecular Sequence Data MeSH
- Mice MeSH
- RNA, Protozoan genetics MeSH
- RNA, Ribosomal genetics MeSH
- Sarcocystis genetics physiology MeSH
- Base Sequence MeSH
- Sequence Alignment MeSH
- Strigiformes parasitology MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Check Tag
- Mice MeSH
- Animals MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- RNA, Protozoan MeSH
- RNA, Ribosomal MeSH
Sequences of the small subunit rRNA genes were obtained for two coccidians, Sarcocystis dispersa and an unnamed Sarcocystis sp. which parasitise the European barn owl and an African viperid snake as their final host, respectively, and share mouse as their intermediate host. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequence data showed that Sarcocystis sp. from the viperid snake is most closely related to another Sarcocystis sp. isolated from an American crotalid snake, while S. dispersa grouped with other bird-transmitted species. The available dataset failed to resolve the evolutionary relationships among four major branches into which all Sarcocystidae and Isospora spp. were split. However, within these branches, the phylogenetic relationships of the majority of analysed members of the genus Sarcocystis reflected coevolution with their final, rather than intermediate hosts.
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AF120114, AF120115
