Microsatellite markers for the human nematode parasite Ascaris lumbricoides: Development and assessment of utility

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 704-708

  Criscione, Charles D ^a   Anderson, Joel D ^a,b   Raby, Kyle ^a   Sudimack, Dan ^a   Subedi, Janardan ^a,c   Rai, Dev R ^a   Upadhayay, Ram P ^a   Jha, Bharat ^a,d   Williams Blangero, Sarah ^a   Anderson, Timothy J C ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ENDOPARASITE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST SPECIFICITY; NEMATODE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; DNA SEQUENCE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX LINKAGE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NEPAL; SEX FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES;

EID: 34447116298     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1058R.1     Document Type: Article

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