Molecular phylogenetic relationship of Paragonimus pseudoheterotremus

Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2008 Mar;39(2):217-21.

Abstract

A part of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene and the nuclear ribosomal DNA second internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) of a newly described lung fluke, Paragonimus pseudoheterotremus, were sequenced and compared with P. heterotremus, the species with a similar morphology. Pairwise distance of COI sequences revealed a genetic difference between P. heterotremus and P pseudoheterotremus with a nucleotide difference of COI sequences between these two species of 10.6%. The constructed phylogenic tree with high bootstrap proportion suggested that P. pseudoheterotremus is a sister species of P. heterotremus.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA, Helminth / genetics*
  • DNA, Ribosomal / genetics
  • Electron Transport Complex IV / genetics*
  • Paragonimus / classification*
  • Paragonimus / genetics*
  • Phylogeny
  • Rats

Substances

  • DNA, Helminth
  • DNA, Ribosomal
  • Electron Transport Complex IV