Interspecific variation within the 'hypervariable' region of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene among species of Schistosoma Weinland, 1858 (Digenea)

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-160

  Kaukas, Anne ^a   Rollinson, David ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030923172     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005709131527     Document Type: Article

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