MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR-GENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF PETASIGER EXAERETUS DIETZ, 1909 (TREMATODA: ECHINOSTOMATIDAE)
Abstract
This article presents the morphological and molecular-genetic classification of Petasiger exaeretus Dietz, 1909, a parasitic trematode species from the genus Petasiger Dietz, 1909, found in the digestive system of the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) distributed in aquatic habitats of Central Uzbekistan. The molecular-genetic analysis was performed based on the nucleotide sequence of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA of P. exaeretus.
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