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Additional molecular evidence to support a sister taxon relationship between Heligmosomoidea and Molineoidea nematodes (Trichostrongylina)

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Sequences of the first and second internal transcribed spacers of the ribosomal DNA were used to infer the evolutionary relationships of 19 species of parasitic nematode belonging to three superfamilies, Trichostrongyloidea, Molineoidea and Heligmosomoidea, within the sub-order Trichostrongylina. Analyses using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and neighbor-joining methods revealed strong statistical support for monophyly of each superfamily as defined on morphological criteria. Furthermore, in most analyses, there was also strong support for a sister taxon relationship between the Molineoidea and Heligmosomoidea, which supports the findings of a previous study based on partial LSU rDNA sequence data.

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Acknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Dr. F. Huby-Chilton (University of Melbourne, Australia) for her technical assistance, in particular for Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri, and Mrs. C. Bonillo and Mrs. J. Labourdière (Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris, France) for their technical advice. The authors also thank Dr. M. Erbaeva (Buryat Geological Institute, Ulan Ude, Buriatia) and Dr. V. Michel (Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Nantes, France) for their help in the field.

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  1. J.-L. Justine

    Present address: Equipe Biogéographie Marine et Tropicale, Unité de Systématique, Adaptation, Evolution (CNRS, UPMC, MNHN, IRD), Institut de Recherche pour le développement, BP A5, 98848, Nouméa Cedex, New Caledonia

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  1. Département Systématique et Evolution, Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, UMR 7138 associée au CNRS, BP 52, 61, rue Buffon, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    F. Audebert, J.-L. Justine & M.-C. Durette-Desset

  2. Laboratoire Informatique et Systématique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 5143 associée au CNRS, 12, rue Cuvier, 75005, Paris, France

    F. Audebert & C. Gallut

  3. Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, 112 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5E2, Canada

    N. Chilton

  4. Service de Systématique moléculaire, Institut de Systématique (CNRS 1541), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 43, rue Cuvier, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    A. Tillier

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Audebert, F., Chilton, N., Justine, JL. et al. Additional molecular evidence to support a sister taxon relationship between Heligmosomoidea and Molineoidea nematodes (Trichostrongylina). Parasitol Res 96, 343–346 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-005-1402-y

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