Genetic diversity in parthenogenetic triploid Paragonimus westermani

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1477-1482

  Van Herwerden, Lynne ^a   Blair, David ^a   Agatsuma, Takeshi ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

ITS; Microsatellite fingerprinting; Paragonimus westermani; Parthenogenetic; Triploidy

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRIPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVOLUTION; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PARAGONIMUS; PARTHENOGENESIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYPLOIDY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

INVERTEBRATA; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032754357     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00072-7     Document Type: Article

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