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A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region Cover

A review on the molecular characterization of digenean parasites using molecular markers with special reference to ITS region

Helminthologia
Volume 52 (2015): Issue 3 (September 2015)
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Open Access
|Aug 2015
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2015-0031 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 167 - 187
Submitted on: Oct 17, 2014
Accepted on: Mar 3, 2015
Published on: Aug 13, 2015
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Internal transcribe spacer,
Cytochrome c oxidase I,
Inter and Intra-specif c variations,
phylogeny,
Fasciolidae,
Schistosomtidae,
trematodes
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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