DNA evidence that Ostertagia gruehneri and Ostertagia arctica (Nematoda : Ostertagiinae) in reindeer from Norway and Svalbard are conspecific

J F Dallas, R J Irvine, O Halvorsen

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    Abstract

    DNA sequences of ITS-1 and ITS-2 of rDNA were determined for 16 individual adult males each of Ostertagia gruehneri and Ostertagia arctica from Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and Eurasian tundra reindeer (R. t. tarandus). Each ITS was virtually identical in O. gruehneri and O. arctica and the three mixed bases detected were shared by both species. Our results strongly suggest that O. gruehneri and O. arctica are dimorphic males of the same species. (C) 2000 Australian Society for Parasitology Inc. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)655-658
    Number of pages4
    JournalInternational Journal for Parasitology
    Volume30
    Publication statusPublished - 2000

    Keywords

    • ITS-1
    • ITS-2
    • Ostertagia arctica
    • Ostertagia gruehneri
    • PCR
    • polymorphism
    • reindeer
    • ribosomal DNA
    • sequence
    • systematics
    • INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER
    • PARASITIC NEMATODES
    • RIBOSOMAL DNA
    • TRICHOSTRONGYLUS NEMATODA
    • TELADORSAGIA-CIRCUMCINCTA
    • ITS-2 RDNA
    • POLYMORPHISM
    • SYSTEMATICS

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