Intraspecific morphometric variation in myxosporeans
Jazyk angličtina Země Česko Médium electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
PubMed
27189017
DOI
10.14411/fp.2016.011
PII: 2016.011
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Myxobolidae, Myxozoa, intraspecific variation, morphology, species differentiation,
- MeSH
- druhová specificita MeSH
- fylogeneze MeSH
- Myxozoa klasifikace cytologie MeSH
- reprodukovatelnost výsledků MeSH
- spory cytologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
Morphometric data from spores of ten myxosporean species were statistically analysed to explore myxosporean intraspecific variation in measurements when obtained from a sample from: (1) the same plasmodium, (2) different plasmodia from the same host and (3) different host individuals and localities. In some cases, significant differences in spore dimensions were found between samples from the same plasmodium, highlighting the difficulty of obtaining representative measurements of myxosporean spore. In addition, significant differences in spore dimensions were found when plasmodia from the same site of infection were compared, suggesting that measurements of spores should come from several different plasmodia of the sampling to increase the reliability of the morphology data. Moreover, significant differences in spore dimensions were observed for most spore dimensions when data were compared between localities. In all cases, there was clear overlap in ranges of dimensions even when means differed significantly. The present statistical analysis shows that intraspecific morphometric variation of myxosporean species commonly occurs, highlighting the importance of reporting ranges of measurements for a species, not just the mean dimensions, and taking into account all evidence when assigning or describing myxosporean species.
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