Molecular identification of natural hybrids between Trichinella nativa and Trichinella T6 provides evidence of gene flow and ongoing genetic divergence

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-216

  La Rosa, G ^a   Marucci, G ^a   Zarlenga, D S ^b   Casulli, A ^a   Zarnke, R L ^c   Pozio, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Heteroduplex; Hybrid; ITS 2; Microsatellite; Trichinella nativa; Trichinella spiralis; Trichinella T6; Wolf

Indexed keywords

TRINUCLEOTIDE;

CANID; GENE FLOW; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE FLOW; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETERODUPLEX ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRID; LARVA; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PAEDOGENESIS; PROGENY; SYMPATRY; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; UNITED STATES; WOLF;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS; MURINAE; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; TRICHINELLA; TRICHINELLA NATIVA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0037292277     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00258-8     Document Type: Article

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