Population genetic structure and history of a generalist parasite infecting multiple sympatric host species

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Archie, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Ezenwa, Vanessa O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary potential; Gene flow; Generalist; Helminths; Host specificity; Population genetic structure; Trichostrongylus axei; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENERALIST; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST SPECIFICITY; NEMATODE; PARASITE; POPULATION GENETICS; UNGULATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FLOW; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; POPULATION SIZE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; DNA, HELMINTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX I; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORTH AMERICA; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRICHOSTRONGYLOSIS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS;

TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS AXEI; UNGULATA; VERMES;

EID: 78650179411     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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