title: The phylogenetic study on Thelohanellus species (Myxosporea) in relation to host specificity and infection site tropism.
abstract: Thelohanellus kitauei (Myxobolidae) infects cyprinid fish. The evolution of species derived from common ancestors results in the sharing of biological features. To reveal the origin of T. kitauei biological features, the correlation between phylogeny and biological features of Myxobolidae was investigated by Bayesian inference tree and Bayesian tip association significance testing. The results demonstrated that host specificity and infection site tropism were correlated with the phylogeny of Myxobolidae, and that the biological features of T. kitauei originated from the ancient Myxobolidae as exhibited by the non-specific infection site tropism and the ability to infect cyprinids.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Phil
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Virology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Van Giap
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, Institute of Marine Industry, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, Tongyeong 650-160, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae Mook
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jun
authors.affiliation: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hyung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jee Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Marine Biology & Aquaculture, Institute of Marine Industry, College of Marine Science, Gyeongsang National University, Tongyeong 650-160, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Gun Wook
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Baeck
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: parksec@snu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Se Chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D005399:Fishes; D058507:Host Specificity; D055764:Myxozoa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D010802:Phylogeny; D018523:Tropism / Q000235:genetics
keywords: Bayesian tip association significance testing; Host specificity; Infection site tropism; Myxobolidae; Thelohanellus kitauei