Molecular characterization of pouched amphistome parasites (Trematoda: Gastrothylacidae) using ribosomal ITS2 sequence and secondary structures

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-124

  Ghatani, S ^a   Shylla, J A ^a   Tandon, V ^a   Chatterjee, A ^a   Roy, B ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EUKARYOTE; GASTROTHYLACIDAE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREMATODE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

CARMYERIUS; DIGENEA (FLUKES); DIGENEA (RED ALGA); EUKARYOTA; FISCHOEDERIUS; FISCHOEDERIUS ELONGATUS; GASTROTHYLACIDAE; GASTROTHYLAX CRUMENIFER; PARAMPHISTOMATA; PARAMPHISTOMIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 84856269522     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X11000125     Document Type: Article

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