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  • Title: Study by ribosomal DNA ITS 2 sequencing and RAPD analysis on the systematics of four Metastrongylus species (Nematoda:Metastrongyloidea).
    Author: Leignel V, Humbert JF, Elard L.
    Journal: J Parasitol; 1997 Aug; 83(4):606-11. PubMed ID: 9267399.
    Abstract:
    Four species of lungworms of the Metastrongylus genus are found sympatrically in the lungs of the wild boars (Sus scrofa L.) on the Chambord game reserve (France): Metastrongylus asymmetricus, M. confusus, M. pudendotectus, and M. salmi. These species are difficult to identify using morphological characters alone, and epidemiological evidence raises doubt about the existence of 4 distinct species. Two molecular approaches (sequencing of ribosomal DNA Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 [ITS 2] and Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA assay [RAPD]) were used to evaluate the genetic similarities between the 4 taxa. The ITS 2 sequences of M. salmi and M. confusus were identical, whereas the sequences of the other species were distinct. On the other hand, RAPD analysis indicated unambiguously that the 4 species are genetically different. These results reveal the limitation of using only 1 molecular approach for taxonomic studies and indicate the need to examine different regions (ribosomal, mitochondrial DNA) in the genome of a species in complement with morphological and epidemiological data.
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