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T_ hydatigena and other Taeniid nucleotide sequences used for phylogeny
| Species | Origin | Host | Accession number | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. hydatigena | Iran | Sheep | KU745527 | Ibrahimi et al., 2016 unpublished |
| T. hydatigena | Iran | Sheep | KX094339 | Ibrahimi et al., 2016 unpublished |
| T. hydatigena | Egypt | Sheep | KU671393 | Abbas et al., 2016 unpublished |
| T. hydatigena | China | Sheep | GQ228819 | Jia et al., 2010 (9) |
| T. hydatigena | China | Dog | FJ518620 | Liu et al., 2011 (14) |
| T. multiceps | Iran | Sheep | JQ710646 | Rostami et al., 2013 (19) |
| T. ovis | Iran | Sheep | JX134130 | Rostami et al., 2012 unpublished |
| T. saginata | Iran | Cattle | KC344681 | Rostami et al., 2012 unpublished |
| T. solium | China | Pig | AF337904 | Li and Dianwu, 2001 unpublished |
| E. granulosus | Portugal | Sheep | HG975356 | Beato et al., 2014 unpublished |
Pairwise nucleotide variations among the five haplotypes of the 12S rRNA gene (determined using the maximum composite likelihood method)
| H5 | H4 | H3 | H2 | H1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H5e | |||||
| H4d | 0.007 | ||||
| H3c | 0.007 | 0.005 | |||
| H2b | 0.007 | 0.005 | 0.005 | ||
| H1a | 0.005 | 0.002 | 0.002 | 0.002 |