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Isolation of polymorphic microsatellite loci from the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis

Minoru Nakao1, Yasuhito Sako, Akira Ito

  • 1Department of Parasitology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 078-8510, Japan. nakao@asahikawa-med.ac.jp

Summary

Researchers identified two new microsatellites in Echinococcus multilocularis, revealing genetic diversity and suggesting both selfing and outcrossing occur in adult tapeworms.

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