Molecular phylogenetics of the elephant schistosome Bivitellobilharzia loxodontae (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) from the Central African Republic

Journal of Helminthology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-107

  Brant, S V ^a   Pomajbikova K ^b   Modry, D ^b,c   Petrzelkova K J ^d,e   Todd, A ^f   Loker, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e Liberec Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^f World Wildlife Fund ^*  (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE I; RNA 28S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIVITELLOBILHARZIA LOXODONTAE; BIVITELLOBILHARZIA NAIRI; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; ELEPHANT; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; EMBRYO; FECES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SCHISTOSOMA; WORM EGG;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ELEPHANTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 28S; SCHISTOSOMATIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84877994337     PISSN: 0022149X     EISSN: 14752697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X1200003X     Document Type: Article

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