Evolutionary relationships among cyst-forming coccidia Sarcocystis spp. (Alveolata : Apicomplexa : Coccidea) in endemic African tree vipers and perspective for evolution of heteroxenous life cycle

Abstract

We have focused on the evolutionary history of species that circulate between snakes as definitive hosts and rodents as intermediate hosts.

Keywords

• MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCES
• RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENES
• PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS
• BAYESIAN-INFERENCE
• HOST-SPECIFICITY
• ALIGNMENT
• SINGAPORENSIS
• HYPOTHESIS
• ISOSPORA
• SPOROZOA