To date, morphological analysis has been the cornerstone to trematode systematics.
However, since the late-1980s we have seen an increased integration of genetic data to …

Blood flukes within the genus Schistosoma still remain a major cause of disease in the
tropics and subtropics and the study of their evolution has been an area of major debate and …

Digenea Carus, 1863 represent a highly diverse group of parasitic platyhelminths that infect
all major vertebrate groups as definitive hosts. Morphology is the cornerstone of digenean …

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) currently comprise a single, cosmopolitan species with a
diverse diet. However, studies over the last 30 yr have revealed populations of sympatric …

Background Building reference libraries of DNA barcodes is relatively straightforward when
specifically designed primers are available to amplify the COI-5P region from a relatively …

Background Genetic markers are employed widely in molecular studies, and their utility
depends on the degree of sequence variation, which dictates the type of application for …

The phylum Platyhelminthes is a diverse group of flatworms that includes parasites with
serious impacts on human health, animal husbandry, aquaculture and wildlife management …

Diplostomoid metacercariae parasitize freshwater fishes worldwide and cannot be identified
to species based on morphology. In this study, sequences of the barcode region of …

Global loss of biodiversity is an ongoing process that concerns both local and global
authorities. Studies of biodiversity mainly involve traditional methods using morphological …

Mitochondrial (mt) genomics represents an understudied but important field of molecular
biology. Increasingly, mt dysfunction is being linked to a range of human diseases, including …