The Monophyly of Nycteria and Polychromophilus Parasites A Missing Piece in the Evolution of Malaria and Other Haemosporida
M. Andreína Pacheco, Juliane Schaer, Oskar Werb, Beatriz Mello, Ananías A. Escalante
This study resolves the evolutionary relationships of bat-restricted haemosporidian parasites Nycteria and Polychromophilus using near-complete mitochondrial genomes, showing they form a monophyletic clade not supported by smaller datasets.
Malaria Journal · Aug 5, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology