GENETIC-EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT PSOROPTES ISOLATES OF DIFFERENT PHENOTYPES, HOSTS AND GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS ARE CONSPECIFIC

Authors
ZAHLER M ESSIG A GOTHE R RINDER H
Citation
M. Zahler et al., GENETIC-EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THAT PSOROPTES ISOLATES OF DIFFERENT PHENOTYPES, HOSTS AND GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS ARE CONSPECIFIC, International journal for parasitology, 28(11), 1998, pp. 1713-1719
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
International journal for parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00207519
Volume
28
Issue
11
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1713 - 1719
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-7519(1998)28:11<1713:GSTPIO>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
The second internal transcribed spacer of the rRNA gene was characteri sed in 15 Psoroptes isolates collected from the ears or bodies of rabb its, goats, sheep and cattle originating from four continents. Morphol ogically, the isolates were differentiated as Psoroptes cuniculi, Psor optes ovis and Psoroptes cervinus. Genotypically, the isolates were hi ghly homogeneous, except for the existence of different rDNA classes. In view of previous phenotypic data, a possible conspecificity of thes e species is proposed. (C) 1998 Australian Society for Parasitology. P ublished by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.