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Molecular-genetic analyses reveal cryptic species of trematodes in the intertidal gastropod, Batillaria cumingi (Crosse).
International journal for parasitology - 1 Jun 2005
Miura Osamu, Kuris Armand M, Torchin Mark E, Hechinger Ryan F, Dunham Eleca J, Chiba Satoshi
Abstract excerpt
Cryptic species of the digeneans, Cercaria batillariae (Heterophyidae) and an undescribed philophthalmid, were detected using polymerase chain reaction-based restriction fragment-length polymorphism methodology and sequence analyses. These digeneans were all collected from the same species of gastropod first intermediate host, Batillaria cumingi (=Batillaria attramentaria). The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase...
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