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Comparative phylogenetic informativity of single ribosomal cluster regions in freshwater horsehair worms (Gordiacea, Nematomorpha)

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The informativity of some regions of the ribosomal cluster (rDNA) in freshwater horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) has been analyzed to trace the nucleotide differences for discrimination of species and genera of these parasites using available sequences from the NCBI GenBank and our data.

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  1. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    B. D. Efeykin & S. E. Spiridonov

  2. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Bol’shoi Karetnyi per. 19, Moscow, 127051, Russia

    B. D. Efeykin

  3. Institute of Arid Zones, Southern Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Chekhova 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006, Russia

    V. Y. Schmatko

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Original Russian Text © B.D. Efeykin, V.Y. Schmatko, S.E. Spiridonov, 2016, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2016, No. 1, pp. 41–49.

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Efeykin, B.D., Schmatko, V.Y. & Spiridonov, S.E. Comparative phylogenetic informativity of single ribosomal cluster regions in freshwater horsehair worms (Gordiacea, Nematomorpha). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 43, 34–41 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359016010040

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