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Same barcode, different biology: differential patterns of infectivity, specificity and pathogenicity in two almost identical parasite strains.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Jul 2014
Ramírez Raúl, Bakke Tor A, Harris Philip D
Abstract excerpt
Two Norwegian isolates of the monogenean Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 with identical cytochrome c oxidase subunit I barcodes from different hosts, show highly divergent biological and behavioural characteristics. The Lierelva parasite strain, typically infecting Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., grew exponentially on Atlantic salmon, but the Pålsbufjorden parasite strain, commonly infecting Arctic charr,...
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