Population structure of the parasitic nematode Anguillicola crassus, an invader of declining North Atlantic eel stocks

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 3478-3495

  Wielgoss, Sébastien ^a   Taraschewski, Horst ^b   Meyer, Axel ^a   Wirth, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anguillicola crassus; Freshwater eel; Invasive species; Microsatellites; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRACUNCULUS; EEL; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DRACUNCULOIDEA; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PHYLOGENY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLA ROSTRATA; ANGUILLICOLA CRASSUS; ANGUILLIDAE; ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 47649122326     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03855.x     Document Type: Article

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