Evidence of hybridization between Taenia saginata and Taenia asiatica

Parasitology International

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-74

  Okamoto, Munehiro ^a   Nakao, Minoru ^b   Blair, David ^c   Anantaphruti, Malinee T ^d   Waikagul, Jitra ^d   Ito, Akira ^b  

^a Kinki University   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hybridization; Outcrossing; Taenia asiatica; Taenia saginata

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1; EZRIN RADIXIN MOESIN LIKE PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HOMOZYGOSITY; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA ASIATICA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAXONOMY; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIASIS;

CESTODA; TAENIA ASIATICA; TAENIA SAGINATA; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 76349103269     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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