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Schistosoma japonicum strains: differentiation by RAPD and SSR-PCR.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Dec 2002
Anou Niu, Yanwen Xiong, Youren Feng
Abstract excerpt
Eight geographical isolates of Schistosoma japonicum from Taiwan and mainland China and one isolate of Schistosoma mansoni were studied by RAPD analysis using six arbitrary primers and SSR-PCR analysis using a (CA)8RY primer. The genetic distance was determined by the percentage of unshared bands. The RAPD and SSR-PCR results showed that the genetic distance between S. mansoni and S. japonicum was more than 0.900...
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