COMPARATIVE TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSES OF THREE SPECIES OF PLACOBDELLA (RHYNCHOBDELLIDA: GLOSSIPHONIIDAE) CONFIRMS A SINGLE ORIGIN OF BLOOD FEEDING IN LEECHES
One of the recalcitrant questions regarding the evolutionary history of clitellate annelids involves the feeding preference of the common ancestor of extant rhynchobdellid (proboscis bearing) and arhynchobdellid (jaw bearing) leeches. Whereas early evidence, based on morphological data, pointed towa...
| Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of Parasitology. - American Society of Parasitologists. - 102(2016), 1, Seite 143-150 |
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2016
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | The Journal of Parasitology |
| Schlagworte: | Biological sciences Physical sciences Health sciences Behavioral sciences |
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