Molecular phylogeny of the genus Taenia (Cestoda: Taeniidae): Proposals for the resurrection of Hydatigera Lamarck, 1816 and the creation of a new genus Versteria

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 427-437

  Nakao, Minoru ^a   Lavikainen, Antti ^b   Iwaki, Takashi ^c   Haukisalmi, Voitto ^d,e   Konyaev, Sergey ^f   Oku, Yuzaburo ^g   Okamoto, Munehiro ^h   Ito, Akira ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c MEGURO PARASITOLOGICAL MUSEUM   (Japan)

^d FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND ECOLOGY OF ANIMALS   (Russian Federation)

^g TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hydatigera; Molecular phylogeny; Taenia; Versteria gen. nov

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE DELTA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP);

FLATWORM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PARASITE; PHYLOGENY;

ARTICLE; CESTODE; CLADISTICS; ECHINOCOCCUS; EXON; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENUS; HYDATIGERA LAMARCK; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAENIA; TAENIA KREPKOGORSKI; TAENIA MUSTELAE; TAENIA PARVA; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; VERSTERIA;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TAENIA;

CESTODA; ECHINOCOCCUS; HYDATIGERA; TAENIA; TAENIA KREPKOGORSKI; TAENIA MUSTELAE; TAENIA PARVA; TAENIA TAENIAEFORMIS; TAENIIDAE;

EID: 84876300167     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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