Revealing genetic hybridization and DNA recombination of Fasciola hepatica and Fasciola gigantica in nuclear introns of the hybrid Fasciola flukes.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2018.06.004
Abstract: Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica are ruminant liver flukes that are found worldwide. They can occur sympatrically and hybridize, consequently producing an intermediate form (Fasciola sp.), especially in Africa and Asia. The bridge intron (TkBridgeInt)… read more here.
Keywords: fasciola; genetic hybridization; fasciola hepatica; hepatica ... See more keywords
Paleobiogeographical origins of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in light of new DNA sequence characteristics of F. nyanzae from hippopotamus
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.990872
Abstract: Fascioliasis is a highly pathogenic disease affecting humans and livestock worldwide. It is caused by the liver flukes Fasciola hepatica transmitted by Galba/Fossaria lymnaeid snails in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and Oceania, and F.… read more here.
Keywords: fasciola hepatica; hepatica; dna; gigantica ... See more keywords
Potential Hybridization of Fasciola hepatica and F. gigantica in Africa—A Scoping Review
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11111303
Abstract: The occurrence of Fasciola gigantica and F. hepatica in Africa is well documented; however, unlike in Asia, there is a paucity of information on the existence of hybrids or parthenogenetic species on the continent. Nonetheless,… read more here.
Keywords: gigantica; hepatica gigantica; fasciola; fasciola hybrids ... See more keywords