Breeding systems in Echinococcus granulosus (Cestoda; Taeniidae): Selfing or outcrossing?

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-71

  Haag, K L ^a   Araujo A M ^a   Gottstein, B ^b   Siles Lucas, M ^b   Thompson, R C A ^c   Zaha, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Genetic variability; Selfing; SSCP; Strain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; BREEDING; CATTLE; CODING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EUROPE; FERTILIZATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HORSE; HUMAN; HYBRID; INTERMEDIATE HOST; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HORSES; INBREEDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SWINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 0032945034     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003485     Document Type: Article

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