Molecular genetic variation within and among isolates of QPX (Thraustochytridae), a parasite of the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 159-168

  Qian, Hua ^a   Liu, Qianqian ^a   Allam, Bassem ^a   Collier, Jackie L ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5.8S rRNA gene; Internal transcribed spacer 1; Internal transcribed spacer 2; Labyrinthulomycota; Mitochondrial gene; SSU rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PEST OUTBREAK;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; RARITAN BAY; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; LABYRINTHULIDA; MERCENARIA; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; THRAUSTOCHYTRIIDAE;

PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MERCENARIA; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; MERCENARIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 38449094592     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01848     Document Type: Article

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