Phylogenetic relationships among Brazilian Biomphalaria species (Mollusca: Planorbidae) based upon analysis of ribosomal ITS2 sequences

Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 611-620

  Vidigal, T H D A ^a,b   Kissinger, J C ^a,c   Caldeira, R L ^a   Pires, E C R ^d   Monteiro, E ^d   Simpson, A J G ^d   Carvalho, O S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomphalaria; DNAr; Helisoma; Internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2); Phylogeny; Snail

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMPHALARIA; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAIL;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; BRAZIL; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENETIC MARKERS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0034527725     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182000006831     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Nucleotide sequence of a rDNA internal transcribed spacer supports synonymy of Saccostrea commercialis and S. glomerata
2. Phylogenetic analysis of eleven species of Biomphalaria Preston, 1910 (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) based comparisons of allozymes
3. Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance, 2nd Edn
4. Molecular identification of similar species of the genus Biomphalaria (Mollusca: Planorbidae) determined by a PCR-RFLP
5. Identification of planorbids from Venezuela by polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP)
6. Suscetibilidade de Biomphalaria occidentalis do Acre e Mato Grosso à infecção pelo Schistosoma mansoni e sua implicação na epidemiologia da esquistossomose na Amazônia Ocidental
7. Susceptibility of Biomphalaria amazonica to infection with two Brazilian strains of Schistosoma mansoni
8. Essais infructueux d'infection expérimentale de Tropicorbis kuhnianus (Clessin) par Schistosoma mansoni
9. Signal, noise and reliability in molecular phylogenetic analyses
10. Genetic variations in geographically isolated populations and subspecies of Oncomelania hupensis determined by a PCR-based RFLP method
11. Repetitive sequences in the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer of Schistosoma haematobium. Sehistosoma intercalatum and Schistosoma mattheei
12. Schistosoma mansoni: Use of a cloned ribosomal RNA gene probe to detect restriction fragment length polymorphism in the intermediate host Biomphalaria glabrata
13. Expanded sequence dependence of thermodynamic parameters provides robust prediction of RNA secondary structure
14. Self and cross-fertilization in Australorbis glabratus
15. A genetic approach to the systematics of planorbid mollusks
16. One-sided reproductive isolation between geographically remote populations of planorbid snail
17. Biomphalaria amazonica and B. cousini, two new species of Neotropical planorbid mollusks
18. Estado atual da sistemática dos planorbídeos brasileiros
19. A natural population of Helisoma duryi in Brazil
20. Biomphalaria occidentalis sp.n. from South America (Mollusca Basommatophora Pulmonata)
21. Biomphalaria tenagophila guaibensis ssp. n. from Southern Brazil and Uruguay (Pulmonata: Planorbidae). I. Morphology
22. Distribuição dos caramujos no Brasil
23. Biomphalaria kuhniana (Clessin, 1883), planorbid mollusks from South America
24. Variation in susceptibility of populations of Australorbis glabratus to a strain of Schistosoma mansoni
25. Susceptibility of Biomphalaria peregrina from Brazil and Ecuador to two strains of Schistosoma mansoni
26. Differential susceptibility of Biomphalaria tenagophila populations to infection with a strain of Schistosoma mansoni
27. Probable extension of schistosomiasis mansoni to southern most Brazil
28. A potential vector of Schistosoma mansoni in Uruguay
29. Australorbis intermedius sp.n from Brazil (Pulmonata Planorbidae)
30. Relationships among problematic North American stagnicoline snails (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae) reinvestigated using nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences
31. Rapid silver staining and recovery of PCR products separated on polyacrylamide gels
32. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from the sequence and secondary structure of ITS1 rDNA in Albinaria and putative Isabellaria species (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Clausillidae)
33. Degree of host-parasite compatibility between Schistosoma mansoni and their intermediate molluscan hosts in Brazil
34. Study of Biomphalaria tenagophila, B. t. guaibensis and B. occidentalis by polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction enzyme digestion of the ribosomal RNA gene intergenic spacer
35. Characterization of Biomphalaria orbignyi. B. peregrina and B. oligoza by polymerase chain reaction and restriction enzyme digestion of the internal transcribed spacer region of the RNA ribosomal gene
36. Molecular characterization of Bulinus globosus and B. nasutus on Zanzibar, and an investigation of their roles in the epidemiology of Schistosoma haematobium
37. Variation within the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of ribosomal DNA genes of intermediate snail hosts within the genus Bulinus (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)
38. Clustal W: Improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice
39. Biomphalaria glabrata: Extensive genetic variation in Brazilian isolates revealed by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
40. Biomphalaria spp: Identification of the intermediate snail hosts of Schistosoma mansoni by polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction enzyme digestion of the ribosomal RNA gene intergenic spacer
41. Further studies on the molecular systematics of Biomphalaria snails from Brazil
42. Neotropical schistosomiasis: African affinities of the host snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Gastropoda: Planorbidae)
43. Algorithms and thermodynamics for RNA secondary structure prediction: A practical guide