Article
Intra- and inter-specific variation in nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 of the Schistosoma japonicum species complex.
Parasitology - 1 Apr 1998
van Herwerden L, Blair D, Agatsuma T
Abstract excerpt
The first internal transcribed spacer (ITS1) of the nuclear ribosomal DNA repeat was sequenced for members of the Schistosoma japonicum species complex (S. malayensis, S. mekongi and 2 geographical isolates of S. japonicum). The ITS1 is composed of 3 distinct regions: the 5' end (23 nucleotides);...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Southern
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Helminth
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
