Molecular characteristics of representatives of the genus Brachylecithum Shtrom, 1940 (Digenea, Dicrocoeliidae) with comments on life cycle and host specificity

• Published in: Parasitology research (1987) Vol. 115; no. 4; pp. 1417 - 1425
• Main Authors: Hildebrand, Joanna, Sitko, Jilji, Zaleśny, Grzegorz, Jeżewski, Witold, Laskowski, Zdzisław
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2016; Springer
• Subjects: adults; Animal taxonomy; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brachylecithum; Cepaea; Cercaria; Dicrocoeliidae; Dicrocoeliidae - genetics; Dicrocoeliidae - physiology; DNA sequencing; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; genes; Genes, Mitochondrial; Genetic aspects; genetic variation; Host Specificity; Host-Parasite Interactions; Immunology; intermediate hosts; larvae; Life Cycle Stages; Medical Microbiology; Methods; Microbiology; Observations; Original Paper; Phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; snails; Snails - parasitology; Life cycle abbreviation; Digenea; Molecular phylogeny; Dicrocoeliidae; Brachylecithum

The genus Brachylecithum was for the first time subject to molecular taxonomic phylogenetic analysis in order to ascertain relationships among its component taxa. We used two markers—the nuclear ribosomal 28S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) gene and the mitochondrial cox1 gene, for six species of the genus; 11...