A molecular phylogenetic study of the genus Ribeiroia (Digenea): Trematodes known to cause limb malformations in amphibians

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1040-1045

  Wilson, Wade D ^a   Johnson, Pieter T J ^a,b   Sutherland, Daniel R ^a,c   Moné, Hélène ^a,d   Loker, Eric S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DEFORMATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CERCARIA; CIRCARIA LILETA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINOSTOMA; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARVA; LIMB MALFORMATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; RIBEIROIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAIL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TREMATODE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; KENYA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LIMB DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SNAILS; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; WEST INDIES;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; EAST AFRICA; GREATER ANTILLES; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; NORTH AMERICA; PUERTO RICO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; BIOMPHALARIA; CERARIA; CERCARIA (TREMATODE GENUS); DIGENEA (FLUKES); ECHINOSTOMA; ECHINOSTOMATIDAE; GASTROPODA; HELISOMA; RIBEIROIA; TREMATODA;

EID: 28444475525     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-465R.1     Document Type: Article

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