Variations in microsatellite sequences provide evidence for population differences and multiple ribosomal gene repeats within Trichinella pseudospiralis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 534-538

  Zarlenga, Dante S ^a   Aschenbrenner, Richard A ^a   Lichtenfels, J Ralph ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REPLICATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRICHINELLA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA PSEUDOSPIRALIS;

EID: 0029778329     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283777     Document Type: Article

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