Ribosomal ITS2 structure in Caryophyllaeus laticeps and Caryophyllaeus brachycollis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of cyprinid fish

I. Králová-Hromadová; E. Bazsalovicsová; S. Bokorová; V. Hanzelová

doi:10.2478/s11687-013-0135-1

Abstract

Ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) structure was studied in monozoic tapeworms Caryophyllaeus laticeps (Pallas, 1781) from freshwater bream Abramis brama (L.) and white-eyed bream Ballerus sapa (Pallas) and Caryophyllaeus brachycollis Janiszewska, 1951 from A. brama and Mediterranean barbel Barbus meridionalis (Risso). Homologous intragenomic ITS2 structure (474 bp) was determined for C. brachycollis from both fish hosts and for C. laticeps from A. brama (486 bp). Contrary to this, divergent intragenomic ITS2 copies (ITS2 paralogues) were detected in C. laticeps from B. sapa. They were mostly induced by different numbers of short repetitive motif (TA)n within the sequences, allowing their assortment into two ITS2 variants (457 and 467 bp). Current data represent first information on ITS2 structure/ITS paralogues in the caryophyllidean family Caryophyllaeidae with focus on their applicability in the molecular taxonomy of the genus Caryophyllaeus.

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Ribosomal ITS2 structure in Caryophyllaeus laticeps and Caryophyllaeus brachycollis (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea), parasites of cyprinid fish

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