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Molecular Characterization of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) Blood Parasite within the Threatened Gopherus Polyphemus Species

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Year: 2018, 2018, 2018, 2018

Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research

Contributors: Cooney, Brian, Eusse, Johanna, Frazier, Evelyn

Publisher: Florida Atlantic University

Description: The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a threatened burrowing chelonian endemic to the Southeastern United States. Gopher tortoises are classified as a keystone species due to their construction of extensive burrows, providing shelter to approximately 362 commensal species. Haemogregarines are the most common hemoparasite species found within reptiles. The genus Hepatozoon sp. (Apicomplexa… more

Full Text: Molecular Characterization of Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) Blood Parasite Within the Threatened Gopherus polyphemus species %$$+))?1($%%$/? $,"/$(0(? 1Department of Biological Sciences, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science …