A molecular revision of the taxonomic status of mermithid parasites of black flies from Quebec (Canada)

Journal of Invertebrate Pathology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-306

  St Onge, Mylène ^b   LaRue, Bernard ^a   Charpentier, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Mermithidae; Multiple parasitism; Nematodes; PCR probes; Simuliid hosts

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; HELMINTH DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MERMITHOIDEA; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MERMITHOIDEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; QUEBEC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIMULIIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

DIPTERA; GASTROMERMIS; ISOMERMIS; MERMITHIDA; MERMITHIDAE; MESOMERMIS; NEMATODA; SIMULIIDAE; SIMULIUM NIGRICOXUM;

EID: 45949106434     PISSN: 00222011     EISSN: 10960805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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