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Updated Taxonomy of (Iridaceae) Inferred from Morphological and Chloroplast DNA Sequence Data with Remarks on Classification of subg. .
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Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia.
is a rhizomatous perennial whose taxonomy and distribution range still remain unclear. The results of our examination of literature, specimens, and wild plants have shown that , described from Kazakhstan, and , considered to be endemic to the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, are very closely related to . We have carried out molecular phylogenetic analyses for the first time to clarify the taxonomy of .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFirst experimental observation on biology of the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium (Novyella) homonucleophilum (lineage pSW2), with remarks on virulence and distribution.
Acta Trop
May 2024
Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, Vilnius 08412, Lithuania.
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- Species from the subgenus Novyella, specifically Plasmodium (Novyella) homonucleophilum, are poorly studied avian malaria agents with a broad transmission range in the Old World, including Europe.
- This study is the first to document the infection process of P. homonucleophilum in Eurasian siskins, where all exposed birds showed susceptibility and three out of six died, indicating a high virulence of the parasite.
- The findings suggest significant impacts on the health of infected birds, such as increased parasitaemia, decline in red blood cell count (anaemia), and increased food intake to compensate for energy loss, highlighting the need for further research on these neglected malaria parasites.
A new classification of genus Neoperla and systematic studies of other Perlinae (Plecoptera: Perlidae).
Zootaxa
August 2023
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A new formal classification for the largest genus of Perlinae, Neoperla, is introduced to replace the artificial split of the genus into two informal groups. Globally, there are close to 300 named species, with the number rising all the time. The monophyletic clymene-group is assigned to Neoperla (Neoperla) with ~ 140 species in North America, Africa and parts of Asia; its seven main subgroups are briefly characterized.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe 18S rRNA genes of Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Apicomplexa) parasites from European songbirds with remarks on improved parasite diagnostics.
Malar J
August 2023
Department of Pathobiology, Institute of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Background: The nuclear ribosomal RNA genes of Plasmodium parasites are assumed to evolve according to a birth-and-death model with new variants originating by duplication and others becoming deleted. For some Plasmodium species, it has been shown that distinct variants of the 18S rRNA genes are expressed differentially in vertebrate hosts and mosquito vectors. The central aim was to evaluate whether avian haemosporidian parasites of the genus Haemoproteus also have substantially distinct 18S variants, focusing on lineages belonging to the Haemoproteus majoris and Haemoproteus belopolskyi species groups.
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