Partial dna sequences from the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene can differentiate the intermediate snail hosts bulinus globosus and B. nasutus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 727-737

  Stothard, J R ^a   Rollinson, D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bulinus; Identification; Intermediate hosts; Pcr rflp; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALBINARIA TURRITA; BULINUS AFRICANUS; BULINUS GLOBOSUS; BULINUS NASUTUS; CEPAEA NEMORALIS; GASTROPODA; PLANORBIDAE;

EID: 0030747402     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939700770361     Document Type: Article

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