Taxonomic status of the Japanese triploid forms of Fasciola: Comparison of mitochondrial ND1 and COI sequences with F. hepatica and F. gigantica

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 445-448

  Itagaki, Tadashi ^a   Tsutsumi, Ken Ichi ^a   Ito, Kikukatsu ^a   Tsutsumi, Yoshiatsu ^b  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA FRAGMENT; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; JAPAN; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031957863     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284510     Document Type: Article

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