Utility of complete large and small subunit rRNA genes in resolving the phylogeny of the Neodermata (Platyhelminthes): implications and a review of the cercomer …

AE Lockyer, PD Olson… - Biological Journal of the …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
We combined nearly complete sequences of large (LSU) and small (SSU) subunit rDNA
from 32 flatworm species to estimate the phylogeny of the Platyhelminthes using maximum …

Advances and trends in the molecular systematics of the parasitic Platyhelminthes

PD Olson, VV Tkach - Advances in parasitology, 2005 - Elsevier
The application of molecular systematics to the parasitic Platyhelminthes (Cestoda, Digenea
and Monogenea) over the last decade has advanced our understanding of their …

Phylogeny and classification of the Digenea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda)

PD Olson, TH Cribb, VV Tkach, RA Bray… - International journal for …, 2003 - Elsevier
Complete small subunit ribosomal RNA gene (ssrDNA) and partial (D1–D3) large subunit
ribosomal RNA gene (lsrDNA) sequences were used to estimate the phylogeny of the …

Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Microphalloidea Ward, 1901 (Trematoda: digenea)

VV Tkach, DTJ Littlewood, PD Olson, JM Kinsella… - Systematic …, 2003 - Springer
Phylogenetic interrelationships of 32 species belonging to 18 genera and four families of the
superfamily Microphalloidea were studied using partial sequences of nuclear lsrDNA …

Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the Echinostomatoidea Looss, 1899 (Platyhelminthes: Digenea)

VV Tkach, O Kudlai, A Kostadinova - International Journal for Parasitology, 2016 - Elsevier
The Echinostomatoidea is a large, cosmopolitan group of digeneans currently including nine
families and 105 genera, the vast majority parasitic, as adults, in birds with relatively few …

Phylogenetic and biogeographical relationships among some holarctic frog lung flukes (Digenea: Haematoloechidae)

SD Snyder, VV Tkach - Journal of Parasitology, 2001 - meridian.allenpress.com
A phylogenetic study of 8 North American and European species of frog lung flukes
belonging to Haematoloechus was conducted using approximately 850 to 1,000 bases of …

Molecular analyses reveal high species diversity of trematodes in a sub-Arctic lake

M Soldánová, S Georgieva, J Roháčová… - International Journal for …, 2017 - Elsevier
To identify trematode diversity and life-cycles in the sub-Arctic Lake Takvatn, Norway, we
characterised 120 trematode isolates from mollusc first intermediate hosts, metacercariae …

Diversity in the Monogenea and Digenea: does lifestyle matter?

TH Cribb, LA Chisholm, RA Bray - International Journal for Parasitology, 2002 - Elsevier
If the cestodes are excluded, then the parasitic platyhelminths of fishes divide neatly into the
external and monoxenous Monogenea and the internal and heteroxenous Digenea. Both …

A review of Polylekithum Arnold, 1934 and its familial affinities using morphological and molecular data, with description of Polylekithum catahoulensis sp. nov.

S Curran, V Tkach, R Overstreet - Acta Parasitologica, 2006 - degruyter.com
The type material of Polylekithum ictaluri, P. halli, and Maculifer chandleri was examined
from the United States National Parasite Museum, and we determined that the material was …

Overview of renicolid digeneans (Digenea, Renicolidae) from marine gulls of northern Holarctic with remarks on their species statuses, phylogeny and …

KV Galaktionov, AI Solovyeva, AMH Blakeslee… - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Renicolid digeneans parasitize aquatic birds. Their intramolluscan stages develop in marine
and brackish-water gastropods, while metacercariae develop in molluscs and fishes. The …