Mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA indicate that the Japanese Fasciola species is F. gigantica

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 220-225

  Hashimoto, K ^a   Watanobe, T ^b   Liu, C X ^a   Init, I ^c   Blair, D ^d   Ohnishi, S ^a   Agatsuma, T ^b  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FASCIOLA; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FASCIOLA; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030938437     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050237     Document Type: Article

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