Multiple DNA markers differentiate Sarcocystis neurona and Sarcocystis falcatula

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-228

  Tanhauser, Susan M ^a   Yowell, Charles A ^a   Cutler, Tim J ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^a   MacKay, Robert J ^a   Dame, John B ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA MARKER;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITIS; GENETIC MARKERS; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; OPOSSUMS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 0032973748     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285623     Document Type: Article

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