Genetic diversity of liver flukes (Fasciola hepatica) from Eastern Europe

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-115

  Teofanova, D ^a   Kantzoura, V ^c   Walker, S ^b   Radoslavov, G ^a   Hristov, P ^a   Theodoropoulos, G ^c   Bankov, I ^a   Trudgett, A ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Tubulin; 28S ribosomal DNA; Fasciola hepatica; Genetic diversity; Liver fluke population; Mitochondrial genes

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; BETA TUBULIN 3; CYTOCHROME B; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA 28S; HISTIDINE TRANSFER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GREECE; HAPLOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAND; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EUROPE, EASTERN; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; TUBULIN;

FASCIOLA HEPATICA;

EID: 78650196154     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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