Detection of the parasite Ribeiroia ondatrae in water bodies and possible impacts of malformations in a frog host

This study devised a method to detect Ribeiroia ondatrae (class Trematoda) in water-bodies using environmental DNA (eDNA) collected from filtered water samples from selected ponds in the USA and Canada. Species-specific PCR primers were designed to target the Internal Transcribed Spacer-2 (ITS-2) re...

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Main Author: Huver, Johannes Richard
Other Authors: Whyard, Steve (Biological Sciences) Koprivnikar, Janet (Biological Sciences)
Published: 2013
Subjects:
RA
DNA
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/21697

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