Molecular and morphological evidence for close phylogenetic affinities of the genera Macrodera, Leptophallus, Metaleptophallus and Paralepoderma (Digenea, Plagiorchiata)

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 170-179

  Tkach, Vasyl ^a   Grabda Kazubska, Bozena ^b   Pawlowski, Jan ^c,d   Swiderski, Zdzisław ^b  

^a SCHMALHAUSEN INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

28S rDNA; Digenea; Leptophallinae; Macrodera; Molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Plagiorchiata; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032722637     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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