Variation within the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) of ribosomal DNA genes of intermediate snail hosts within the genus Bulinus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)

Acta Tropica

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 19-29

  Stothard, J R ^a   Hughes, S ^a   Rollinson, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulinus; ITS1; Nucleotide divergence; PCR RFLP; rDNA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BULINUS; BULINUS AFRICANUS; BULINUS CERNICUS; BULINUS FORSKALII; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS TRUNCATUS; GASTROPODA; PLANORBIDAE; SCHISTOSOMA HAEMATOBIUM;

EID: 0029864655     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0001-706X(95)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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