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Molecular analyses reveal high species diversity of trematodes in a sub-Arctic lake.
International journal for parasitology - 1 May 2017
Soldánová Miroslava, Georgieva Simona, Roháčová Jana, Knudsen Rune, Kuhn Jesper A, Henriksen Eirik H, Siwertsson Anna, Shaw Jenny C, Kuris Armand M, Amundsen Per-Arne, Scholz Tomáš, Lafferty Kevin D, Kostadinova Aneta
Abstract excerpt
To identify trematode diversity and life-cycles in the sub-Arctic Lake Takvatn, Norway, we characterised 120 trematode isolates from mollusc first intermediate hosts, metacercariae from second intermediate host fishes and invertebrates, and adults from fish and invertebrate definitive hosts, using molecular techniques. Phylogenies based on nuclear and/or mtDNA revealed high species richness (24 species or...
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