Study of Biomphalaria tenagophila tenagophila, B. t. guaibensis and B. occidentalis by polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction enzyme digestion of the ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer regions

Journal of Molluscan Studies

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-149

  Spatz, Linus ^c   Vidigal, Teofânia H D A ^c   Caldeira, Roberta L ^c   Neto, Emmanuel Dias ^a   Cappa, Stella Maris Gonzalez ^c   Carvalho, Omar S ^b  

^a LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALU SEQUENCE; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MORPHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIBOSOMAL RNA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; URUGUAY;

ARGENTINA (FISH); BIOMPHALARIA; BIOMPHALARIA OCCIDENTALIS; BIOMPHALARIA TENAGOPHILA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0033055675     PISSN: 02601230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mollus/65.2.143     Document Type: Article

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