Intraspecific variability of Proteocephalus exiguus La Rue, 1911 (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) as studied by the random amplified polymorphic DNA method.
The intraspecific variability of Proteocephalus exiguus, a common fish cestode, was studied by the random amplified polymorphic DNA method. Isolates from four distant localities and four host species were investigated using eight arbitrary decamer oligonucleotides as primers. A relatively high variation of RAPD fingerprints from individual strobila was detected. The constant fragments observed in all isolates detected by eight primers characterized the species studied.
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Parasitological Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
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D000818:Animals; D002589:Cestoda / Q000235:genetics*; D002590:Cestode Infections / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000032:analysis*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000469:parasitology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D014337:Trout / Q000469:parasitology
D018509:DNA, Helminth