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Genetic diversity and genetic differentiation in Echinococcus granulosus (Batsch, 1786) from domestic and sylvatic hosts on the mainland of Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

A. J. Lymbery ,
R. C. A. Thompson  and
R. P. Hobbs
A. J. Lymbery
Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Genetics and Animal Disease, School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
R. C. A. Thompson
Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Genetics and Animal Disease, School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
R. P. Hobbs
Affiliation:
Institute for Molecular Genetics and Animal Disease, School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia
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Enzyme electrophoresis was used to examine genetic variation within and between populations of Echinococcus granulosus from domestic and sylvatic hosts in western and eastern Australia. Substantial genetic diversity was found within all populations. There was no evidence, however, of genetic differentiation between populations from different hosts or geographic areas. When isolates were grouped into previously described domestic or sylvatic strains on the basis of rostellar hook morphology, most (94%) of the genetic variation occurred within, rather than between strains. These results conflict with the currently accepted theory of separate domestic and sylvatic strains of E. granulosus on the mainland of Australia.

Keywords

Echinococcus granulosusstrainsenzyme electrophoresisgenetic diversitygenetic differentiation
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Research Article
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Parasitology , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , October 1990 , pp. 283 - 289
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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