Inferring the phylogenetic position of brugia pahangi using 18s ribosomal rna (18s rrna) gene sequence

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-92

  Fong, M ^a   Thanabalan, Asha ^a   Muslim, Azdayanti ^a   Lau, Yee Ling ^a   Sivanandam, Sinnadurai ^b   Mahmud, Rohela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELMINTH DNA; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FILARIASIS; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; DNA, HELMINTH; FILARIASIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 70149093072     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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