Molecular and morphological evidence for the occurrence of Anisakis sp. a (Nematoda, Anisakidae) in the Blainville's beaked whale Mesoplodon densirostris

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-308

  Iglesias, R ^a   D'Amelio, S ^b   Ingrosso, S ^b   Farjallah, S ^c   Martinez Cedeira J A ^d   Garcia Estevez J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^d Coordinadora para O Estudo Dos Mamíferos Mariños ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISAKIS; ANISAKIS ZIPHIDARUM; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COX2 GENE; CUTICLE; FEMALE; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPAIN; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STOMACH; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ANISAKIASIS; ANISAKIS; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; LARVA; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STOMACH; WHALES;

ANISAKIDAE; ANISAKIS; ANISAKIS SP.; ANISAKIS ZIPHIDARUM; MESOPLODON; MESOPLODON DENSIROSTRIS; NEMATODA; PISCES; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 54349105212     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X08996978     Document Type: Article

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