title: Confirmation of the paraphyletic relationship between families Opisthorchiidae and Heterophyidae using small and large subunit ribosomal DNA sequences.
abstract: Opisthorchiidae and Heterophyidae are classified into different families based on morphological identification. However, recent molecular phylogenetic studies suggested the possible paraphyletic relationship between these two families. In this study, the paraphyletic relationship between these two families was confirmed further by maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses using the combined sequences of SSU and LSU rDNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Helminthology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. tmurusa@mahidol.ac.th
authors.forename: Urusa
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Thaenkham
authors.forename: Yukifumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nawa
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blair
authors.forename: Wallop
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pakdee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D006578:Heterophyidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009890:Opisthorchidae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny; D054683:Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic / Q000235:genetics; D054682:Ribosome Subunits, Small, Eukaryotic / Q000235:genetics; D014201:Trematode Infections / Q000469:parasitology*
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal