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A novel nuclear marker, Pm-int9, for phylogenetic studies of Opisthorchis felineus, Opisthorchis viverrini, and Clonorchis sinensis (Opisthorchiidae, Trematoda).
Parasitology research - 1 Dec 2009
Shekhovtsov Sergei V, Katokhin Alexei V, Romanov Konstantin V, Besprozvannykh Vladimir V, Fedorov Konstantin P, Yurlova Natalia I, Serbina Elena A, Sithithaworn Paiboon, Kolchanov Nikolai A, Mordvinov Viatcheslav A
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Opisthorchis felineus, O. viverrini, and Clonorchis sinensis, the trematodes of the family Opisthorchiidae, are important human parasites. Two previous studies (Kang et al. Parasitol Int 57:191-197, 2008; Katokhin et al. Dokl Biochem Biophys 421:214-217, 2008) have provided evidence using ribosomal and mitochondrial sequences that O. viverrini, O. felineus, and C. sinensis are closely related. We developed a...
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