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Multiple origins of European populations of the giant liver fluke Fascioloides magna (Trematoda: Fasciolidae), a liver parasite of ruminants.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Mar 2011
Králová-Hromadová Ivica, Bazsalovicsová Eva, Stefka Jan, Spakulová Marta, Vávrová Silvia, Szemes Tomáš, Tkach Vasyl, Trudgett Alan, Pybus Margo
Abstract excerpt
The giant liver fluke, Fascioloides magna, a liver parasite of free-living and domestic ruminants of Europe and North America, was analysed in order to determine the origin of European populations and to reveal the biogeography of this originally North American parasite on the European continent. The variable fragments of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (cox1; 384bp) and nicotinamide...
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