Specific Identification of a Taeniid Cestode from Snow Leopard, Uncia uncia Schreber, 1776 (Felidae) in Mongolia
An unknown taeniid cestode, resembling Taenia hydatigena, was recovered from a snow leopard, Uncia uncia in Mongolia. Morphology and nucleotide sequence of the mitochondrial cytochromec oxidase subunit 1 gene (mt DNA COI) ofthe cestode found was ex...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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National University of Mongolia
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences |
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| Online Access: | http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%201%20Number%201%20March%202003/pdf/mjbs001-01-02.pdf |
| Summary: | An
unknown taeniid
cestode,
resembling
Taenia
hydatigena, was
recovered from
a snow
leopard,
Uncia
uncia
in Mongolia. Morphology
and
nucleotide sequence of
the
mitochondrial
cytochromec
oxidase
subunit
1
gene (mt
DNA
COI)
ofthe
cestode found was examined.
The cestode
is differed from
T
hydatigena
both
morphologically and genetically.
The
differences
between
two
species
were
in
the
gross
length,
different
number
of
testes, presence of vaginal sphincter
and
in egg size.
The
nucleotide
sequence of this
cestode differed from
that of
7:
hydatigena
at
34 of the 384 (8.6%)
nucleotide positions
examined.
The
present
cestode
is very
close to
7:
kotlani
in
morphology
and
size
of
rostellar hooks.
However,
the
adult
stages
of the
latter
species are
unknown,
and
further comparison was unfeasible. |
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| ISSN: | 1684-3908 2225-4994 |