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Genetic evidence for two sibling species within Contracaecum ogmorhini Johnston & Mawson, 1941 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from otariid seals of boreal and austral regions.
Systematic parasitology - 1 Jan 2003
Mattiucci S, Cianchi R, Nascetti G, Paggi L, Sardella N, Timi J, Webb S C, Bastida R, Rodríguez D, Bullini L
Abstract excerpt
Genetic variation of Contracaecum ogmorhini (sensu lato) populations from different otariid seals of the northern and southern hemisphere was studied on the basis of 18 enzyme loci as well as preliminary sequence analysis of the mitochondrial cyt b gene (260 bp). Samples were collected from Zalophus californianus in the boreal region and from Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus, A. pusillus doriferus and A. australis...
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