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Mitochondrial phylogeny of the genus Echinococcus (Cestoda: Taeniidae) with emphasis on relationships among Echinococcus canadensis genotypes.
Parasitology - 1 Nov 2013
Nakao Minoru, Yanagida Tetsuya, Konyaev Sergey, Lavikainen Antti, Odnokurtsev Valeriy A, Zaikov Vladimir A, Ito Akira
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial genomes of the genus Echinococcus have already been sequenced for most species and genotypes to reconstruct their phylogeny. However, two important taxa, E. felidis and E. canadensis G10 genotype (Fennoscandian cervid strain), were lacking in the published phylogeny. In this study, the phylogeny based on mitochondrial genome sequences was completed with these taxa. The present phylogeny highly...
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