Intra-individual internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) and ITS2 ribosomal sequence variation linked with multiple rDNA loci: A case of triploid Atractolytocestus huronensis, the monozoic cestode of common carp

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-181

  Králová Hromadová, Ivica ^a   Štefka, Jan ^b,c   Špakulová, Marta ^a   Orosová, Martina ^b   Bombarová, Marta ^a   Hanzelová, Vladimíra ^a   Bazsalovicsová, Eva ^a   Scholz, Tomáš ^b  

^a PARASITOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Caryophyllidea; FISH; Fish parasites; Karyotype; Ribosomal divergence

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

CHROMOSOME; DNA; FLATWORM; GENOME; KARYOLOGY; KARYOTYPE; PARASITE;

ARTICLE; ATRACTOLYTOCESTUS HURONENSIS; CARP; CARYOPHYLLIDEA; CESTODE; CHROMOSOME; DIPHYLLOBOTHRIIDEA; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KARYOTYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRIPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; CARPS; CESTODA; CESTODE INFECTIONS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FISH DISEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRISOMY;

ATRACTOLYTOCESTUS HURONENSIS; CARYOPHYLLIDEA; CESTODA; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 73849105650     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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