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Euro-Asian hybrids of Echinococcus multilocularis from red foxes in northern and northeastern Poland result from secondary contact between long-isolated populations.
Scientific reports - 20 Feb 2026
Gładysz Paweł, Bielińska-Wąż Dorota, Wąż Piotr, Samorek-Pieróg Małgorzata, Karamon Jacek, Lass Anna
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the mitochondrial genetic diversity of Echinococcus multilocularis in red foxes from northern and northeastern Poland, and tested the hypothesis that the presence of Asian haplotypes in Poland stems from their introduction from Northeast Asia to Eastern Europe. We targeted the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (cox1) of 263 tapeworms from 59 red foxes hunted in selected districts of Pomorskie,...
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