Parasites specific to centipedes form a new major lineage of terrestrial gregarines

Abstract Gregarines from the families Dactylophoridae and Trichorhynchidae parasitize exclusively centipedes and have a distinct morphology among other terrestrial eugregarines, but their evolutionary relationships have not yet been studied with molecular methods. Here we obtain rDNA operon sequence...

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Main Authors: Tatiana S. Miroliubova, Kirill V. Mikhailov, Timur G. Simdyanov, Vladimir V. Aleoshin, Đinh Thế Dũng, Aleksandra I. Kudriavkina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83990-4
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