Abstract
We are responding to a recent article in which Behnke and Harris apply a different species name to the laboratory nematode commonly termed H. polygyrus, to distinguish it from the ‘wild’ parasite found in European Apodemus mice [ 1 ]. We believe this renaming to be certainly premature and quite probably incorrect. At this stage, we consider there is a convincing case for retaining the subspecies taxonomy that classifies the laboratory parasite H. polygyrus bakeri.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 100-101 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Trends in Parasitology |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2011 |