Some molecular insights into schistosome evolution

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-28

  Rollinson, David ^a   Kaukas, Anne ^a   Johnston, David A ^a   Simpson, Andrew J G ^b   Tanaka, Manami ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

evolution; genome; mitochondrial DNA; phylogeny; ribosomal RNA genes; Schistosoma

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

EVOLUTION; GENOME; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOME; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, HELMINTH; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030990975     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(96)00169-5     Document Type: Review

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