Species identification of North American guinea worms (Nematoda: Dracunculus) with DNA barcoding

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 707-712

  Elsasser, Sarah C ^a   Floyd, Robin ^b   Hebert, Paul D N ^b   Schulte Hostedde, Albrecht I ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

COI; DNA barcoding; Nematode; Parasite

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; DRACUNCULOIDEA; DRACUNCULUS (NEMATODE); DRACUNCULUS INSIGNIS; DRACUNCULUS LUTRAE; DRACUNCULUS MEDINENSIS; LONTRA CANADENSIS; MAMMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI; MUSTELA; NEMATODA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 65249163387     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02393.x     Document Type: Article

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