Ribosomal DNA sequences indicate isolated populations of Ichthyophonus hoferi in geographic sympatry in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean

Journal of Fish Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 575-582

  Criscione, C D ^a   Watral, V ^a   Whipps, C M ^a   Blouin, M S ^a   Jones, S R M ^b   Kent, M L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clupea pallasi; Ichthyophonus hoferi; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Pacific Ocean; Sebastes spp.; Small subunit 18S rDNA

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITIC DISEASE; SYMPATRY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; ICHTHYOPHONUS HOFERI; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PROTOZOA; SALMONIDAE; SCORPAENIDAE; SEBASTES;

EID: 0036807174     PISSN: 01407775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2761.2002.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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