Evidence for hybridisation between Paramacropostrongylus iugalis and P. typicus (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) in grey kangaroos, Macropus fuliginosus and M. giganteus, in a zone of sympatry in Eastern Australia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 475-482

  Chilton, Neil B ^a   Beveridge, Ian ^a   Hoste, Hervé ^b   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Allozyme electrophoresis; Hybridisation; Macropus fuliginosus; Macropus giganteus; Paramacropostrongylus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRIDIZATION; KANGAROO; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENES, HELMINTH; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; ISOENZYMES; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; STOMACH; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; STRONGYLOIDEA;

GREY KANGAROO; HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITE; SYMPATRIC ZONE; WESTERN GREY KANGAROO;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES; AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND;

MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; NEMATODA; PARAMACROPOSTRONGYLUS IUGALIS; PARAMACROPOSTRONGYLUS TYPICUS;

EID: 0030613386     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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