Use of the ITS rDNA for elucidation of some life-cycles of mesometridae (Trematoda, digenea)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1403-1411

  Jousson, Olivier ^a,b   Bartoli, Pierre ^b   Zaninetti, Louisette ^a   Pawlowski, Jan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Digenea; International transcribed spacer; Life cycles; PCR RFLP; rDNA; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FASCIOLA; FISH; INTERMEDIATE HOST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031812048     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(98)00117-9     Document Type: Article

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