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Long-Distance Travellers: Phylogeography of a Generalist Parasite, Pholeter gastrophilus, from Cetaceans.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Fraija-Fernández Natalia, Fernández Mercedes, Lehnert Kristina, Raga Juan Antonio, Siebert Ursula, Aznar Francisco Javier
Abstract excerpt
We studied the phylogeography and historical demography of the most generalist digenean from cetaceans, Pholeter gastrophilus, exploring the effects of isolation by distance, ecological barriers and hosts' dispersal ability on the population structure of this parasite. The ITS2 rDNA, and the mitochondrial COI and ND1 from 68 individual parasites were analysed. Worms were collected from seven oceanic and coastal...
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