Molecular prospecting for cryptic species in Phyllodistomum lacustri (Platyhelminthes, Gorgoderidae)
Por:
Rosas-Valdez R., Choudhury A., de Leon, GPP
Publicada:
1 may 2011
Resumen:
Partial sequences of the 28S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) genes were compared among populations of a widely distributed and morphologically uniform digenean species in North America, Phyllodistomum lacustri, a parasite characteristically associated with ictalurid catfishes. Specimens were collected from the urinary bladder of ictalurid hosts in six localities of North America, spanning most of the latitudinal range of this freshwater fish group. Sequences of other congeneric species, including a potentially close relative, P. staffordi, were also obtained and used for comparison. Analyses of both molecular markers show very low or no intrapopulation variation within each sampling site. However, samples of P. lacustri from different hosts and regions exhibit varying levels of interpopulation genetic differences. Such differences are explained by the wide geographical distribution and host range of the ictalurids they parasitize, particularly in ictalurids distributed i
Filiaciones:
Rosas-Valdez R.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Ciencias, Dept Evolut Biol, Museo Zool Alfonso L Herrera, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
Choudhury A.:
Division of Natural Sciences, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant Street, De Pere, WI 54115, United States
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