Mitochondrial and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA Evidence Supports the Existence of a New Trichuris Species in the Endangered François' Leaf-Monkey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Liu, Guo Hua ^a,d   Gasser, Robin B ^b   Nejsum, Peter ^c   Wang, Yan ^a   Chen, Qiang ^e   Song, Hui Qun ^a   Zhu, Xing Quan ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Guangzhou ZhongDa Medical Equipment Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HAPLORHINI; HOST; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLOBINAE; DNA, HELMINTH; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENES, HELMINTH; GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; MONKEY DISEASES; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PRIMATES; SUIDAE; TRACHYPITHECUS FRANCOISI; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 84879255690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066249     Document Type: Article

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