The taxonomic status of Digramma (Pseudophyllidea: Ligulidae) inferred from DNA sequences

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 792-799

  Li, Jingjing ^a,b   Liao, Xianghua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARASITE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; DIGRAMMA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIGULA; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CESTODA; DIGRAMMA; INVERTEBRATA; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; LIGULIDAE; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA;

EID: 0141856469     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3078     Document Type: Article

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