Molecular Evidence for Two Cryptic Species of Homalometron (Digenea: Apocreadiidae) in Freshwater Fishes of the Southeastern United States

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-195

  Curran, Stephen S ^a   Tkach, Vasyl V ^b,c   Overstreet, Robin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

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EID: 84881151056     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4626.1     Document Type: Article

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