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PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE METAZOAN PARASITES OF THE CLARIID FISHES OF LAKE VICTORIA INFERRED FROM PARTIAL 18S rDNA SEQUENCES

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dc.creator Mwita, Chacha
dc.creator Gamba, Nkwengulila
dc.date 2015-12-17T09:49:40Z
dc.date 2015-12-17T09:49:40Z
dc.date 2010
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:22:03Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:22:03Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/149
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2254
dc.description Phylogenetic relationships among twenty two metazoan parasites recovered from seven species of clariid fish from Lake Victoria were analysed using partial 18S rDNA sequences. The 18S rDNA gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction, directly sequenced, aligned and phylogenies inferred using maximum parsimony. Heuristic bootstrap MP searches yielded one most parsimonious tree (CI = 61%, HI = 39%), which showed that clariid parasites are monophyletic at higher taxonomic levels (Cestodea, Nematodea, Digenea and Crustacea). However the position of two trematodes (Allocredium mazoensis and Clinostomum sp.) and a nematode (Contracaecum sp.) were not stable. Despite the present findings, the study utilised single species from each taxa, hence further analysis with additional sequences from a multitude of species is recommended to further resolve the phylogeny of the parasites of the clariids in Lake Victoria and elsewhere.
dc.description Lake Victoria Environment Management Project (LVEMP I)
dc.language en
dc.publisher Tanzania Journal of Science (TSJ)
dc.subject Clariid’s parasites phylogeny
dc.subject Lake Victoria
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE METAZOAN PARASITES OF THE CLARIID FISHES OF LAKE VICTORIA INFERRED FROM PARTIAL 18S rDNA SEQUENCES
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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