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A comparison of Echinostoma trivolvis and E. caproni using random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

T. Fujino ,
Y. Takahashi  and
B. Fried
T. Fujino
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812, Japan
Y. Takahashi
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, School of Medicine, Gifu University, Gifu 500, Japan
B. Fried
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA
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Abstract

The random amplified polymorphic DNA polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR) technique was applied to two closely-related echinostome species, Echinostoma trivolvis and E. caproni, to demonstrate interspecffic polymorphisms of genomic DNA. Band patterns generated using five individual primers showed that these two echinostomes were genetically distinct, although they share genomic DNA to some extent.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 69 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 263 - 264
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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