Polymorphism of internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) sequences and genetic relationships between Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 240-243

  Semyenova, Seraphima K ^a   Morozova, Elena V ^a   Vasilyev, Vasiliy A ^a   Gorokhov, Vladimir V ^b   Moskvin, Aleksandr S ^b   Movsessyan, Sergey O ^c   Ryskov, Alexey P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b 'Federal Scientific Center All Russian Scientific Research Inst of Experimental Veterenari Medicina KI Skryabin and YR Kovalenko the Russian Academy of Sciences'   (Russian Federation)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

F. gigantica; Fasciola hepatica; Genetic relationships; Second internal transcribed spacer (ITS 2)

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; FASCIOLA; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 26844453611     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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