ITS rDNA sequences of Pomphorhynchus laevis (Zoega in Müller, 1776) and P. lucyi Williams & Rogers, 1984 (Acanthocephala: Palaeacanthocephala)

Systematic Parasitology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-145

  Kral'ova Hromadova, Iva ^a   Tietz, David F ^b   Shinn, Andrew P ^c   Špakulová, Marta ^a  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CYPRINIDAE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BARBUS; BARBUS TYBERINUS; CYPRINIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCISCUS; LEUCISCUS CEPHALUS; MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; PALAEACANTHOCEPHALA; PHOXINUS; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LAEVIS; POMPHORHYNCHUS LUCYI;

EID: 0242410093     PISSN: 01655752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026127219358     Document Type: Article

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