Phylogenetic relationship of ribosomal ITS2 and mitochondrial COI among diploid and triploid Paragonimus westermani isolates.

Gab Man Park, Kyung Il Im, Tai Soon Yong

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Abstract

We compared patterns of intraspecific polymorphism of two markers with contrasting modes of evolution, nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), in the lung fluke, diploid and triploid Paragonimus westermani from three geographical regions of Korea. The genetic distances between three populations of Korean diploid and triploid P. westermani showed no significant difference in the nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) and ribosomaal second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) genes. A highly resolved strict-consensus tree was obtained that illustrated phylogenetically useful information of the ITS2 and mtCOI sequences from diploid and triploid P. westermani.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)47-55
Number of pages9
JournalThe Korean journal of parasitology
Volume41
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2003 Mar

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Parasitology
  • Infectious Diseases

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