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Morphological and genetic differentiation of Rodentolepis straminea (Goeze, 1752) and Rodentolepis microstoma (Dujardin, 1845) (Hymenolepididae).
Parasitology research - 1 Jun 2001
Casanova J C, Santalla F, Durand P, Vaucher C, Feliu C, Renaud F
Abstract excerpt
The two related species, Rodentolepis straminea (Goeze, 1782) and Rodentolepis microstoma (Dujardin, 1845) (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae), both parasites of rodents, were compared morphologically and electrophoretically. Adult worms were isolated from three wild rodent species of the family Muridae (Apodemus flavicollis, Apodemus sylvaticus, and Mus musculus) from three different sites in Spain and France. Although...
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