Genetic and morphologic differentiation of Bolbophorus confusus and B. levantinus (Digenea: Diplostomatidae), based on rDNA SSU polymorphism and SEM

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-235

  Dzikowski, R ^a,c   Levy, M G ^b   Poore, M F ^b   Flowers, J R ^b   Paperna, I ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

18S (SSU) rDNA gene; Bolbophorus confusus; Bolobphorus levantinus; Digenea; Diplostomatidae; SEM

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BOLBOPHORUS CONFUSUS; BOLBOPHORUS DAMNIFICUS; BOLBOPHORUS LEVANTINUS; DIGENEA; DIPLOSTOMATIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NYCTICORAX; NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX; PELECANUS; PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS;

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLATYHELMINTHS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 1542319218     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao057231     Document Type: Article

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