GENETIC-VARIANTS WITHIN THE GENUS ECHINOCOCCUS IDENTIFIED BY MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCING
GENETIC-VARIANTS WITHIN THE GENUS ECHINOCOCCUS IDENTIFIED BY MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCING
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DOI:
10.1016/0166-6851(92)90109-w
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发表时间:
1992-09-01
影响因子:
1.5
通讯作者:
MCMANUS, DP
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作者:
BOWLES, J;BLAIR, D;MCMANUS, DP
The pattern of species and strain variation within the genus Echinococcus is complex and controversial. In an attempt to characterise objectively the various species and strains, the sequence of a region of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (CO1) gene was determined for 56 Echinococcus isolates. Eleven different genotypes were detected, including 7 within Echinococcus granulosus, and these were used to categorise the isolates. The 4 generally accepted Echinococcus species were dearly distinguishable using this approach. In addition, the consensus view of the strain pattern within E. granulosus, based on a variety of criteria of differentiation, was broadly upheld. Very little variation was detected within Echinococcus multilocularis. Remarkable intra-strain homogeneity was found at the DNA sequence level. This region of the rapidly evolving mitochondrial genome is useful as a marker of species and strain identity and as a preliminary indication of evolutionary divergence within the genus Echinococcus.