Molecular Confirmation of the Life Cycle of Thelohanellus hovorkai Achmerov, 1960 (Myxozoa: Myxosporea)

Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 111-115

  Anderson, C L ^a   Canning, E U ^a   Schafer S M ^a   Yokoyama, H ^b   Okamura, B ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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