Integrating molecular and morphological approaches for characterizing parasite cryptic species: Implications for parasitology

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1688-1709

  Nadler, Steven A ^a   De Len, Gerardo Prez Ponce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; cryptic species; molecular systematics; species delimitation

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ACANTHOCEPHALA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; ASCARIS SUUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONTRACAECUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA BARCODING; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIARDIA; GYRODACTYLUS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; NEMATODE; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA; OPISTHORCHIS VIVERRINI; PARASCARIS EQUORUM; PARASITE CRYPTIC SPECIES; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SIBLING; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; TELADORSAGIA CIRCUMCINCTA; TOXOPLASMA; TREMATODE; TRICHINELLA; TRICHOMONAS; UNCINARIA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; HELMINTH; PARASITE; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; PARASITES; PARASITOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856296555     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003118201000168X     Document Type: Article

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