Confirmation of the paraphyletic relationship between families Opisthorchiidae and Heterophyidae using small and large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences

Parasitology International

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 521-523

  Thaenkham, Urusa ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^b   Blair, David ^c   Pakdee, Wallop ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family Heterophyidae; Family Opisthorchiidae; Paraphyly; Phylogeny; Ribosomal DNA

Indexed keywords

LARGE SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPISTHORCHIIDAE; PARAPHYLY; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HETEROPHYIDAE; HUMANS; OPISTHORCHIDAE; PHYLOGENY; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, LARGE, EUKARYOTIC; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL, EUKARYOTIC; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

HETEROPHYIDAE; OPISTHORCHIIDAE;

EID: 82155173524     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: 18730329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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