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Molecules and morphology reveal cryptic variation among digeneans infecting sympatric mullets in the Mediterranean

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    0342893 - BC 2011 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
    Blasco-Costa, I. - Balbuena, J. A. - Raga, J. A. - Kostadinova, Aneta - Olson, P. D.
    Molecules and morphology reveal cryptic variation among digeneans infecting sympatric mullets in the Mediterranean.
    Parasitology. Roč. 137, č. 2 (2010), s. 287-302. ISSN 0031-1820. E-ISSN 1469-8161
    R&D Projects: GA MŠMT LC522
    Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60220518
    Keywords : Digenea * Haploporidae * Saccocoelium * Mugilidae * cryptic species * molecules * morphology * rDNA
    Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
    Impact factor: 2.522, year: 2010

    We applied a combined molecular and morphological approach to resolve the taxonomic status of Saccocoelium spp. parasitizing sympatric mullets (Mugilidae) in the Mediterranean. Eight morphotypes of Saccocoelium were distinguished by means of multivariate statistical analyses. Sequences of the 28S and ITS2 rRNA gene regions were obtained for a total of 21 isolates of these morphotypes. Combining sequence data analysis with a detailed morphological and multivariate morphometric study of the specimens allowed the demonstration of cryptic diversity thus rejecting the hypothesis of a single species of Saccocoelium infecting sympatric mullets in the Mediterranean. Comparative sequence analysis revealed 4 unique genotypes, thus corroborating the distinct species status of Saccocoelium obesum, S. tensum and S. cephali and a new cryptic species ex Liza aurata and L. saliens recognized by its consistent morphological differentiation and genetic divergence.
    Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0185502

     
     
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