DNA evidence that Ostertagia gruehneri and Ostertagia arctica (Nematoda: Ostertagiinae) in reindeer from Norway and Svalbard are conspecific

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 655-658

  Dallas, J F ^a   Irvine, R J ^b,c   Halvorsen, O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ITS 1; ITS 2; Ostertagia arctica; Ostertagia gruehneri; PCR; Polymorphism; Reindeer; Ribosomal DNA; Sequence; Systematics

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSTERTAGIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

NEMATODA; OSTERTAGIA ARCTICA; OSTERTAGIA GRUEHNERI; OSTERTAGIINAE; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 0034656087     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(00)00028-X     Document Type: Article

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