Is the genus Digramma synonymous to the genus Ligula (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea)? Evidence from ITS and 5′ end 28S rDNA sequences

Parasitology Research

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 419-421

  Luo, H Y ^a   Nie, P ^a   Yao, W J ^a   Wang, G T ^a   Gao, Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 28S;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CHINA; DIGRAMMA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; LAKE; LIGULA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CESTODA; DIGRAMMA; LIGULA; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 0037348952     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-002-0802-5     Document Type: Article

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