Characterization of Taenia madoquae and Taenia regis from carnivores in Kenya using genetic markers in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, and their relationships with other selected taeniids

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 379-385

  Zhang, L ^a,b   Hu, M ^a   Jones, A ^c   Allsopp, B A ^d   Beveridge, I ^a   Schindler, A R ^a   Gasser, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Eucestoda; Genetic relationships; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear ribosomal DNA; Taenia species; Taeniidae; Tapeworm

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; KENYA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAENIA; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARNIVORA; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC MARKERS; KENYA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TAENIA;

CANIS MESOMELAS; CESTODA; EUCESTODA; PANTHERA LEO; TAENIA; TAENIA HYDATIGENA; TAENIA MADOQUAE; TAENIA MULTICEPS; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIA SERIALIS; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 34547910647     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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