DNA evidence that Ostertagia gruehneri and Ostertagia arctica (Nematoda: ostertagiinae) in reindeer from Norway and Svalbard are conspecific

J F Dallas; R J Irvine; O Halvorsen

doi:10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00028-x

DNA evidence that Ostertagia gruehneri and Ostertagia arctica (Nematoda: ostertagiinae) in reindeer from Norway and Svalbard are conspecific

Int J Parasitol. 2000 Apr 24;30(5):655-8. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00028-x.

Authors

J F Dallas¹, R J Irvine, O Halvorsen

Affiliation

¹ NERC Molecular Genetics in Ecology Initiative, Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen, UK. j.dallas@abdn.ac.uk

PMID: 10779581
DOI: 10.1016/s0020-7519(00)00028-x

Abstract

DNA sequences of ITS-1 and ITS-2 of rDNA were determined for 16 individual adult males each of Ostertagia gruehneri and Ostertagia arctica from Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) and Eurasian tundra reindeer (R. t. tarandus). Each ITS was virtually identical in O. gruehneri and O. arctica and the three mixed bases detected were shared by both species. Our results strongly suggest that O. gruehneri and O. arctica are dimorphic males of the same species.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
DNA, Helminth / chemistry*
Female
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Norway
Ostertagia / genetics*
Ostertagia / isolation & purification
Reindeer / parasitology*
Svalbard

Substances

DNA, Helminth

Associated data

GENBANK/AJ250656
GENBANK/AJ250657
GENBANK/AJ250658
GENBANK/AJ250659