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Morphology is not a reliable taxonomic tool for the genus Lernaea: molecular data and experimental infection reveal that L. cyprinacea and L. cruciata are conspecific

BACKGROUND: Species belonging to the genus Lernaea are cosmopolitan parasites that can infect many different freshwater fish hosts. Due to a high degree of morphological intraspecific variability and high levels of interspecific similarities, their classification is extremely difficult and controver...

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Autores principales: Hua, Cong J., Zhang, Dong, Zou, Hong, Li, Ming, Jakovlić, Ivan, Wu, Shan G., Wang, Gui T., Li, Wen X.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6907117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31829242
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-019-3831-y