Intra- and inter-specific variation in nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 of the Schistosoma japonicum species complex

Parasitology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-317

  Van Herwerden, L ^a   Blair, D ^a   Agatsuma, T ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

ITS1; Repeats; Ribosomal DNA; Schistosoma japonicum; Size variation

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PROTOZOA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMA MALAYENSIS; SCHISTOSOMA MEKONGI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0031926392     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118209800242X     Document Type: Article

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