Phylogeographical Studies of Ascaris spp. Based on Ribosomal and Mitochondrial DNA Sequences

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Cavallero, Serena ^a   Snabel, Viliam ^b   Pacella, Francesca ^a   Perrone, Vitantonio ^c   D'Amelio, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c Azienda USL Roma B   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWINE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 84876878433     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002170     Document Type: Article

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