Population genetic analysis of the ovine parasitic nematode Teladorsagia circumcincta and evidence for a cryptic species

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 435-447

  Grillo, Victoria ^a   Jackson, Frank ^b   Cabaret, Jacques ^c   Gilleard, John Stuart ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Microsatellites; Nematode; Ostertagia; Population genetics; Teladorsagia

Indexed keywords

CRYPSIS; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEMATODE; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOLOGY; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOTYPE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CAPRA HIRCUS; OSTERTAGIA; OVIS; TELADORSAGIA; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA;

EID: 33846897183     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.11.014     Document Type: Article

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