A novel phylogeny for the genus Echinococcus, based on nuclear data, challenges relationships based on mitochondrial evidence

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 317-328

  Saarma, U ^a   Jogisalu I ^a,b   Moks, E ^a   Varcasia, A ^c   Lavikainen, A ^d   Oksanen, A ^e   Simsek, S ^f   Andresiuk, V ^g   Denegri, G ^g   Gonzalez L M ^h   Ferrer, E ^h,i   Garate T ^h   Rinaldi, L ^j   Maravilla, P ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b Centre of Forest Protection and Silviculture   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g Laboratory of Parasitic Zoonoses   (Argentina)

^h INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^k HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

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Author keywords

Echinococcus; Mitochondrial genes; Nuclear genes; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; HELMINTH DNA; HELMINTH PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMIC RANK; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GENOME; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECHINOCOCCUS; GENOME, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 63449091320     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008005453     Document Type: Article

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