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Study by ribosomal DNA ITS 2 sequencing and RAPD analysis on the systematics of four Metastrongylus species (Nematoda:Metastrongyloidea).
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Aug 1997
Leignel V, Humbert J F, Elard L
Abstract excerpt
Four species of lungworms of the Metastrongylus genus are found sympatrically in the lungs of the wild boars (Sus scrofa L.) on the Chambord game reserve (France): Metastrongylus asymmetricus, M. confusus, M. pudendotectus, and M. salmi. These species are difficult to identify using morphological characters alone, and epidemiological evidence raises doubt about the existence of 4 distinct species. Two molecular...
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