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Polymorphism and genetic diversity of Isospora parnaitatiaiensis Silva, Rodrigues, Lopes, Berto, Luz, Ferreira & Lopes, 2015 (Eimeriidae) from antbirds (Thamnophilidae) in Brazil

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Isospora parnaitatiaiensis Silva, Rodrigues, Lopes, Berto, Luz, Ferreira & Lopes, 2015 was identified from a new host, the plain antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis (Temminck), and also from the white-shouldered fire-eye Pyriglena leucoptera Vieillot, in its type-locality, the Itatiaia National Park in the southeastern Brazil, and a preliminary genotypic characterisation by sequencing the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene is provided. The oöcysts recovered from P. leucoptera and D. mentalis were polymorphic and have genotypic differences that were not considered sufficient for the description of new species, but only different genotypes and morphotypes of I. parnaitatiaiensis related to each host. These morphological and molecular variations were associated with a process of ongoing speciation and in adaptive development to their respective host species.

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Acknowledgements

We are thankful to the staff at the Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, mainly to the research coordinator Dr Léo Nascimento, that allowed us to access and use some facilities during the expeditions.

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This study was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ). LMS-C, JLG-O and MSO have scholarship from CAPES (Grant/Award Number: 001). BPB has a fellowship from CNPq (Grant/Award Number: 303899/2019-0) and from FAPERJ (Grant/Award Number: E-26/202.797/2019).

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  1. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Instituto de Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 465 km 7, 23897-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Lidiane Maria da Silva-Carvalho

  2. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 465 km 7, 23897-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jhon Lennon Genovez-Oliveira & Mariana de Souza Oliveira

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    Viviane Moreira de Lima, Ildemar Ferreira & Bruno Pereira Berto

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da Silva-Carvalho, L.M., Genovez-Oliveira, J.L., de Souza Oliveira, M. et al. Polymorphism and genetic diversity of Isospora parnaitatiaiensis Silva, Rodrigues, Lopes, Berto, Luz, Ferreira & Lopes, 2015 (Eimeriidae) from antbirds (Thamnophilidae) in Brazil. Syst Parasitol 97, 847–855 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09940-6

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