澳大利亚狐蝠寄生虫的系统发育揭示了独特的寄生虫进化枝。

Schaer Juliane, McMichael Lee, Gordon Anita N, Russell Daniel, Matuschewski Kai, Perkins Susan L, Field Hume, Power Michelle

Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, 2109, Australia.

Department of Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University, 10117, Berlin, Germany.

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 2018 Jun 6;7(2):207-212. doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.06.001. eCollection 2018 Aug.

parasites are close relatives of mammalian species and infect a range of primates and bats. Here, we present the phylogenetic relationships of parasites of three Australian flying fox species. Multilocus phylogenetic analysis revealed that parasites of species from Australia and Asia form a distinct clade that is sister to all other parasites of primates and bats from Africa and Asia. No patterns of host specificity were recovered within the -specific parasite clade and the sequences from all three Australian host species sampled fell into two divergent clades.

寄生虫是哺乳动物的近亲，感染一系列灵长类动物和蝙蝠。在这里，我们展示了三种澳大利亚狐蝠寄生虫的系统发育关系。多位点系统发育分析表明，来自澳大利亚和亚洲的物种的寄生虫形成了一个独特的分支，该分支是非洲和亚洲所有其他灵长类动物和蝙蝠寄生虫的姐妹分支。在特定寄生虫分支内未发现宿主特异性模式，并且来自所有三个采样的澳大利亚宿主物种的序列分为两个不同的分支。