Diversity and specificity in Diplostomum spp. metacercariae in freshwater fishes revealed by cytochrome c oxidase I and internal transcribed spacer sequences

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-343

  Locke, Sean A ^a   McLaughlin, J Daniel ^a   Dayanandan, Selvadurai ^a   Marcogliese, David J ^b  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c oxidase I; Diplostomum; DNA barcode; Host specificity; Hybridization; Immunological privilege; Internal transcribed spacer; Species identification

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME DNA;

CONSPECIFIC; DNA; FISH; FRESHWATER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOST PREFERENCE; HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; DIPLOSTOMUM BAERI; DIPLOSTOMUM HURONENSE; DIPLOSTOMUM INDISTINCTUM; DIPLOSTOMUM PSEUDOSPATHACEUM; FRESHWATER FISH; HOST; HOST RANGE; METACERCARIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FISH DISEASES; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EUROPE; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

DIPLOSTOMUM; DIPLOSTOMUM PSEUDOSPATHACEUM; PISCES;

EID: 77649243999     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.08.012     Document Type: Article

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