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PROF ROBIN GASSER



Contact Details

Organization: Veterinary Science
Position: ASSOCIATE DEAN (INTERNATIONAL)
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Work: +613-97312000
Fax: +613-97312000
Room: 232
Level: 01
Building: Parasitology Block
Campus: Werribee - Veterinary Science

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
Parasitology Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Doctor of Veterinary Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000
Doktor der Veterinaer-Medizin University of Zurich 31-Dec-1988
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1990
Tierarzt University of Berne 31-Dec-1984

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Diplomate, European Veterinary Parasitology College DipEVPC - Diplomate, European Veterinary Parasitology College 31-Jul-2004
Scholarship Australian and American Fulbright Committee Fulbright Senior Scholarship (USA) 01-Jan-2008
Medal Australian Society for Parasitology Bancroft-Mackerras Medal 31-Jul-2000
Other (Award) Australian Society for Microbiology FASM, Fellow of Australian Society for Microbiology 31-Jul-2005
Other (Award) Meat & Livestock Australia Study Award 31-Jul-2004
Other (Award) Danish Research Academy DANVIS International Senior Research Award 31-Jul-1995
Other (Award) The Danish National Bank HC Andersen Award for Guest Researchers to Denmark 31-Jul-1995
Other (Award) Swiss Academy for Medical Research Senior Research Fellowship, Swiss Foundation for Biomedical Research 31-Jul-1990
Other (Award) Swiss National Science Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowship 31-Jul-1988
Other (Award) Swiss Government Australian-European Awards Program 31-Jul-1987

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Toward novel approaches for the control of parasitic nematodes via genomics/phenomics Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2003
Targeted mining for new drugs against parasitic nematodes of animals a synergy of integrated frontier technologies and a committed partnership Chief Investigator GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
Discovery of early developmental events in the transition to parasitism in the hookworm Ancylostoma caninum using genomic technologies Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
A HIGH-THROUGH-PUT METHOD FOR UNLOCKING THE MITOCHONDRIAL GENOMES OF SIGNIFCANT PATHOGENS Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage International Fellowships 01/01/2007
THE DISCOVERY AND VALIDATION OF NOVEL DRUG CLASSES AGAINST PARASITES WITH POTENTIAL FOR MAJOR ECONOMIC IMPACTS Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2008
Investigating a new therapy for immune system diseases Chief Investigator NHMRC Project Grants 01/01/2009
Automated, smart genomic data integration for the exploration of developmentally regulated molecules in parasites of major socioeconomic importance Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL ARC International Fellowships 01/01/2009
Catchment sources of microorganisms developing an integrated strategy for the sustained prevention of waterborne disease outbreaks in humans in Melbourne Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2009
USING MOLECULAR TOOLS TO UNDERSTAND AND CONTROL THE TRANSMISSION OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM Chief Investigator MURDOCH UNIVERSITY Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL)

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
AP CRC PROJECT 03-15: EIMERIA VACCINES Chief Investigator AUST POULTRY CRC 01/01/2004
B.AHW.100 - GASSER - SHEEP NEMATODE PARASITES Chief Investigator MEAT & LIVESTOCK AUST LTD 01/11/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Journal Articles

  • Genetic divergence between island and continental populations of the parasitic nematode Labiosimplex australis in Australia


    Year: 2009
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 104
    Page numbers: 229-236
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  • A polymerase chain reaction-coupled high-resolution melting curve analytical approach for the monitoring of monospecificity of avian Eimeria species
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Avian Pathology
    Volume: 38
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 13-19
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  • Exploring transcriptional conservation between Ancylostoma caninum and Haemonchus contortus by oligonucleotide microarray and bioinformatic analyses
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 1-9
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  • Improved insights into the transcriptomes of the human hookworm Necator americanus - Fundamental and biotechnological implications
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 122-132
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  • Investigation of the regulation of transcriptional changes in Ancylostoma caninum larvae following serum activation, with a focus on the insulin-like signalling pathway
    Year: 2009
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 159
    Page numbers: 139-148
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  • Systematic analysis of insertions and deletions specific to nematode proteins and their proposed functional and evolutionary relevance
    Year: 2009
    Journal: BMC Evolutionary Biology
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 23
    Page numbers: 1-14
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Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Contracaecum pyripapillatum n. sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) and a description of C. multipapillatum (von Drasche, 1882) from the Australian pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 103
    Page numbers: 1031-1039
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  • Cryptosporidium - Biotechnological advances in the detection, diagnosis and analysis of genetic variation
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 304-317
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  • In silico analysis of expressed sequence tags from Trichostrongylus vitrinus (Nematoda): comparison of the automated ESTExplorer workflow platform with conventional database searches
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Bioinformatics
    Volume: 9
    Issue: Suppl 1
    Page numbers: S10
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  • Tv-RIOI - an atypical protein kinase from the parasitic nematode Trichostrongylus vitrinus
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Parasites & Vectors
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 34
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  • Analysis of the genetic diversity within Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum from imported and autochtonous cases of human cryptosporidiosis by mutation scanning
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 29
    Page numbers: 4119-4129
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  • Assessing the relationship between Malassezia and leishmaniasis in dogs with or without skin lesions
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Acta Tropica
    Volume: 107
    Page numbers: 25-29
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  • DNA technological progress toward advanced diagnostic tools to support human hookworm control
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 35-45
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  • Extensive and complex sequence diversity in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit within Necator americanus from Columbia revealed by SSCP-coupled sequencing
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 234-237
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  • Gender-enriched transcripts in Haemonchus contortus - predicted functions and genetic interactions based on comparative analyses with Caenorhabditis elegans
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 65-83
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  • Genetic characterization of three unique operational taxonomic units of Eimeria from chickens in Australia based on nuclear spacer ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 152
    Page numbers: 226-234
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  • Genetic variants of Malassezia pachydermatis from canine skin: body distribution and phospholipase activity
    Year: 2008
    Journal: FEMS Yeast Research
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 451-459
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  • Genomic-bioinformatic analysis of transcripts enriched in the third-stage larva of the parasitic nematode Ascaris suum
    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: e246
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  • Investigating public health impacts of deer in a protected drinking water supply watershed
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Water Science and Technology
    Volume: 58
    Page numbers: 127-132
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  • Molecular and phylogenetic characterization of cytochromes c from Haemonchus contortus and Trichostrongylus vitrinus (Nematoda: Trichostrongylida)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 424
    Page numbers: 121-129
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  • Needles in the EST haystack: large-scale identification and analysis of excretory-secretory (ES) proteins in parasitic nematodes using expressed sequence tags (ESTs)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: E301
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  • Parasite transmission by insects: a female affair?
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Trends in Parasitology
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 24
    Page numbers: 116-120
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  • The Mitochondrial genome of Toxocara canis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: e273
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  • Toward practical, DNA-based diagnostic methods for parasitic nematodes of livestock - Bionomic and biotechnological implications
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 325-334
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  • Transcriptional changes in the hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum, during the transition from a free-living to a parasitic larva
    Year: 2008
    Journal: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: e130
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  • Using 454 technology for long-PCR based sequencing of the complete mitochondrial genome from single Haemonchus contortus (Nematoda)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: BMC Genomics
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 11
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Oesophagostomum dentatum - Potential as a model for genomic studies of strongylid nematodes, with biotechnological prospects
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 281-293
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  • Trichostrongylus vitrinus (Nematoda: Strongylida): Molecular characterization and transcriptional analysis of Tv-stp-1 a serine/threonine phosphatase gene
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Experimental Parasitology
    Volume: 117
    Page numbers: 22-34
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  • A practical and cost-effective mutation scanning-based approach for investigating genetic variation in Cryptosporidium
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 3875-3883
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  • A transcriptomic analysis of the adult stage of the bovine lungworm, Dictyocaulus viviparus
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Genomics
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 311
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  • Characterization of Taenia madoquae and Taenia regis from carnivores in Kenya using genetic markers in nuclear and mitochondrial DNA, and their relationships with other selected taeniids
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 379-385
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  • Classification of Mycoplasma synoviae strains using single-strand conformation polymorphism and high-resolution melting-curve analysis of the vlhA gene single-copy region
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Microbiology
    Volume: 153
    Page numbers: 2679-5688
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  • ESTExplorer: an expressed sequence tag (EST) assembly and annotation platform
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nucleic Acids Research
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: w143-w147
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  • Extending from PARs in Caenorhabditis elegans to homologues in Haemonchus contortus and other parasitic nematodes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 134
    Page numbers: 461-482
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  • Gender-enriched transcripts in Haemonchus contortus - predicted functions and genetic interactions based on comparative analyses with Caenorhabditis elegans
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 38
    Page numbers: 65-83
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  • Gene discovery for the carcinogenic human liver fluke, Opisthorchis viverrini
    Year: 2007
    Journal: BMC Genomics
    Volume: 8
    Page numbers: 189
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  • Genetic variation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 within Progamotaenia festiva (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from macropodid marsupials
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 134
    Page numbers: 1465-1476
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  • Genomic characterization of TV-ant-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans tag-61 homologue from the parasitic nematode Trichostrongylus vitrinus
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 397
    Page numbers: 12-25
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  • Genomics of reproduction in nematodes: prospects for parasite intervention?
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Trends in Parasitology
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 89-95
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  • Initial support for the hypothesis that PAR2 is involved in the immune response to Nippostronglylus brasiliensis in mice
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 101
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 105-109
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  • Investigating a persistent coccidiosis problem on a commercial broiler-breeder farm utilising PCR-coupled capillary electrophoresis
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 101
    Page numbers: 583-589
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  • Long PCR amplification of the entire mitochondrial genome from individual helminths for direct sequencing
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Nature Protocols
    Volume: 2
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 2339-2344
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  • Molecular characterization of Malassezia isolates from dogs using three distinct genetic markers in nuclear DNA
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 229-238
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  • Multilocus mutation scanning for the analysis of genetic variation within Malassezia (Basidiomycota: Malasseziales)
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 8
    Page numbers: 1176-1180
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  • Nucleotide alterations in the D3 domain of the large subunit of ribosomal DNA among 21 species of equine strongyle
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 111-115
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  • PCR approach for the detection of Trypanosoma brucei and T. equiperdum and their differentiation from T. evansi based on maxicircle kinetoplast DNA
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 1-7
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  • Practical PCR tools for the delineation of Contracaecum rudolphii A and Contracaecum rudolphii B (Ascaridoidea: Anisakidae) using genetic markers in nuclear ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 97-102
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  • Recent insights into the epidemiology and genetics of Ascaris in China using molecular tools
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 134
    Page numbers: 325-330
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  • Specific and genotypic identification of Cryptosporidium from a broad range of host species by nonisotopic SSCP analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 28
    Page numbers: 2818-2825
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  • The application of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based capillary electrophoretic technique provides detailed insights into Eimeria populations in intensive poultry establishments
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 288-294
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  • The specific identification of anisakid larvae from fishes from the Yellow Sea, China, using mutation scanning-coupled sequence analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 386-390
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Publications in 2006

Book Chapters

  • Molecular genetic characterization of members of the genus Toxocara - taxonomic, population genetic and epidemiological considerations
    Year: 2006
    Book: Toxocara The Enigmatic Parasite
    Publisher: CABI Publishing(Wallingford)
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Journal Articles

  • Haemonchus contortus: Prokaryotic expression and enzyme activity of recombinant HcSTK, a serine/theronine protein kinase
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Experimental Parasitology
    Volume: 113
    Page numbers: 207-214
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  • Hammondia isolated from dogs and foxes are genetically distinct
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 132
    Page numbers: 1-6
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  • Oesophagostomum bifurcum in non-human primates is not a potential reservoir for human infection in Ghana
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1312-1320
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  • A hitchhiker's guide to expressed sequence tag (EST) analysis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Briefings in Bioinformatics
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 6-21
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  • A survey of the intestinal transcriptomes of the hookworms, Necator americanus and Ancylostoma caninum, using tissues isolated by laser microdissection microscopy
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 701-710
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  • AFLP fingerprinting for the analysis of genetic diversity within Necator americanus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 317-321
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  • Biotechnological advances in the diagnosis of avian coccidiosis and the analysis of genetic variation in Eimeria
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 590-603
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  • Characterisation of a DM domain-containing transcription factor from Trichostrongylus vitrinus (Nematoda: Strongylida)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology International
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 155-157
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  • Class II myosins in nematodes - genetic relationships, fundamental and applied implications
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 338-350
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  • Construction of gender-enriched cDNA archives for adult Oesophagostomum dentatum by suppressive-substractive hybridization and a microarray analysis of expressed sequence tags
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 132
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 691-708
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  • Differentiation of Entamoeba histolytica from Entamoeba dispar by PCR-coupled nonisotopic SSCP analysis
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 27
    Page numbers: 4419-4422
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  • Experimental infections of pigs and mice with selected genotypes of Ascaris
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 133
    Page numbers: 651-657
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  • Human thelaziosis - a neglected parasitic disease of the eye
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Parasitology
    Volume: 92
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 872-876
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  • Insights into the epidemiology and genetic make-up of Oesophagostomum bifurcum from human and non-human primates using molecular tools
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 132
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 453-460
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  • Isolation and characterization of class II myosin genes from Haemonchus contortus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 99
    Page numbers: 200-203
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  • Mitochondrial genomes of parasitic nematodes - progress and perspectives
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Trends in Parasitology
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 78-84
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  • Molecular characterization of Thelastomatoidea (Nematoda: Oxyurida) from cockroaches in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 133
    Page numbers: 123-129
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  • Molecular technologies in parasitology, with an emphasis on genomic approaches for investigating parasitic nematodes
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parassitologia
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 9-11
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  • Molecular tools - advances, opportunities and prospects
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 136
    Page numbers: 69-89
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  • Morphological variability within Oesophagostomum bifurcum among different primate species from Ghana
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Helminthology
    Volume: 80
    Page numbers: 357-361
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  • Prospects for exploring molecular development processes in Haemonchus contortus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 36
    Page numbers: 859-868
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  • Recent insights into the epidemiology and genetics of Ascaris in China using molecular tools
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 134
    Page numbers: 1-6
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  • Reproductive characteristics of a precocious vaccine line (Rt3+15) of Eimeria tenella in embryonating chicken eggs
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Acta Parasitologica
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 156-159
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  • Searching for antigen B genes and their adaptive sites in distinct strains and species of the helminth Echinococcus
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Infection Genetics and Evolution
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 251-261
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  • Single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) for the analysis of genetic variation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Nature Protocols
    Volume: 1
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 3121-3128
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  • The evolutionary origins of nematodes within the order Strongylida are related to predilection sites within hosts
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
    Volume: 40
    Page numbers: 118-128
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  • The occurrence of Toxocara malaysiensis in cats in China, confirmed by sequence-based analyses of ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 99
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 554-557
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  • Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme genes in Oesophagostomum dentatum
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 99
    Page numbers: 119-125
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Anoplocephala perfoliata of horses - significant scope for further research, improved diagnosis and control
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 131
    Page numbers: 1-13
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  • Oesophagostomum bifurcum in non-human primates is not a potential reservoir for human infection in Ghana
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 1315-1320
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Spirometra erinacei / S. erinaceieuropaei in a feral cat in Manawatu with chronic intermittent diarrhoea
    Year: 2005
    Journal: New Zealand Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 347-351
    Publisher: New Zealand Veterinary Association(Wellington)
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  • Analysis of genetic variability within Thelazia callipaeda (Nematoda: Thelazioidea) from Europe and Asia by sequencing and mutation scanning of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 306-313
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Application of multiple DNA fingerprinting techniques to study the genetic relationships among three members of the subgenus Trypanozoon (Protozoa: Trypanosomatidae)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 400-407
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Capillary electrophoretic analysis of fragment length polymorphism in ribosomal markers of Cryptosporidium from humans
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 394-399
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Clonorchiasis: a key foodborne zoonosis in China
    Year: 2005
    Journal: The Lancet Infectious Diseases
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 31-41
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  • Definition of genetic markers in nuclear ribosomal DNA for a neglected parasite of primates, Ternidens deminutus (Nematoda: Strongylida) - diagnostic and epidemiological implications
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 131
    Page numbers: 539-546
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  • Direct comparison of selected methods for genetic categorisation of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis species
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 35
    Page numbers: 397-410
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Genetic analysis of Trichinella populations by 'cold' single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 132
    Page numbers: 23-26
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Genetic evidence for the existence of sibling species within Contracaecum rudolphii (Hartwich, 1964) and the validity of Contracaecum septentrionale (Kreis, 1955) (Nematoda: Anisakidae)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 96
    Page numbers: 361-366
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Genetic variation in the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 within three species of Progamotaenia (Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae) from macropodid marsupials
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 130
    Page numbers: 117-129
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  • High resolution DNA fingerprinting by AFLP to study the genetic variation among Oesophagostomum bifurcum (Nematoda) from human and non-human primates from Ghana
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 130
    Page numbers: 229-237
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  • High-throughput capillary electrophoresis for the identification and differentiation of seven species of Eimeria from chickens
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 3479-3485
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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  • Mutation scanning-coupled analysis of haplotypic variability in mitochondrial DNA regions reveals low gene flow between human and porcine Ascaris in endemic regions of China
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 4317-4326
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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  • PCR-based identification and delineation of members within the Pseudorhabdosynochus lantauensis complex (Monogenea: Diplectanidae)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Parasitology Research
    Volume: 98
    Page numbers: 34-37
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Polymerase chain reaction-based differential diagnosis of Ancylostoma duodenale and Necator americanus infections in humans in northern Ghana
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Tropical Medicine & International Health
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 1-7
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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  • Survey of intestinal parasites in pigs from intensive farms in Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 127
    Page numbers: 333-336
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Advances in developing molecular-diagnostic tools for strongyloid nematodes of equids: fundamental and applied implications
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 3-16
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • An electrophoretic tool for the genetic characterisation and delineation of lungworms
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 197-203
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • An improved 'cold SSCP' method for the genotypic and subgenotypic characterization of Cryptosporidium
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 329-332
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  • Characterization of major sperm protein genes and their expression in Oesophagostomum dentatum (Nematoda : Strongylida)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 479-490
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  • Elucidating the ecology of bucephalid parasites using a mutation scanning approach
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 139-146
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Genetic substructuring within Oesophagostomum bifurcum (nematoda) from human and non-human primates from Ghana based on random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
    Volume: 71
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 227-233
    Publisher: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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  • Genomic organization and expression analysis for hcstk, a serine/threonine protein kinase gene of Haemonchus contortus, and compasion with Caenorhabditis elegans par-1
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Gene
    Volume: 343
    Page numbers: 313-322
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  • Molecular biology of reproduction and development in parasitic nematodes: progress and opportunities
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 125-138
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Molecular systematics and diagnosis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Veterinary Parasitology
    Volume: 125
    Page numbers: 69-92
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  • Mutation scanning analysis of Marteilia sydneyi populations from different geographical locations in eastern Australia
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 133-138
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Nonisotopic single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of sequence variability in ribosomal DNA expansion segments within the genus Trichinella (Nematoda: Adenophorea)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 25
    Page numbers: 3357-3364
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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  • Profiling of gender-specific gene expression for Trichostrongylus vitrinus (Nematoda: Strongylida) by microarray analysis of expressed sequence tag libraries constructed by suppressive-subtractive hybridisation
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 34
    Page numbers: 633-643
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Semi-nested PCR for the specific detection of Habronema microstoma or Habronema muscae DNA in horse faeces
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 129
    Page numbers: 733-739
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  • Specific identification of Habronema microstoma and Habronema muscae (Spirurida, Habronematidae) by PCR using markers in ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 215-221
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • The mitochondrial genomics of parasitic nematodes of socio-economic importance: recent progress, and implications for population genetics and systematics
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Advances in Parasitology
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 133-212
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Ascaris egg profiles in human faeces: biological and epidemiological implications
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 127
    Page numbers: 283-290
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  • Comparative analysis of mitochondrial genome data for Necator americanus from two endemic regions reveals substantial genetic variation
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 33
    Issue:
    Page numbers: 955-963
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Electrophoretic analysis of genetic variability within Cryptosporidium parvum from imported and autochthonous cases of human Cryptosporidiosis in the United Kingdom
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 2719-2730
    Publisher: American Society for Microbiology(Washington DC)
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  • First complete large subunit ribosomal RNA sequence and secondary structure for a parasitic nematode: phylogenetic and diagnostic implications
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 33-39
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Genomics of reproduction in parasitic nematodes - fundamental and biotechnological implications
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Biotechnology Advances
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 103-108
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Molecular characterisation of a male-specific serine/threonine phosphatase from Oesophagostomum dentatum (Nematoda: Strongylida), and functional analysis of homologues in Caenorhabditis elegans
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 313-325
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Molecular epidemiological investigation of Ascaris genotypes in China based on single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 2308-2315
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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  • Structure and organization of the mitochondrial genome of the canine heartworm, Dirofilaria immitis
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 127
    Page numbers: 37-51
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  • Survey of Cryptosporidium parvum genotypes in humans from the UK by mutation scanning analysis of a heat shock protein gene region
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 127-134
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • The mitochondrial genome of Strongyloides stercoralis (Nematoda) - idiosyncratic gene order and evolutionary implications
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 1393-1408
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • The mitochondrial genomics of parasitic nematodes of socio-economic importance: recent progress, and implications for population genetics and systematics
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Advances in Parasitology
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 134-212
    Publisher: Academic Press(California)
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Publications in 2002

Book Chapters

  • Opportunities and prospects for investigating developmentally regulated and sex-specific genes and their expression in intestinal nematodes of humans
    Year: 2002
    Book: World Class Parasites: Volume2The Geohelminths: Ascaris, Trichuris and Hookworm
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Norwell)
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  • The value of mutation scanning approaches for detecting genetic variation - implications for studying intestinal nematodes of humans
    Year: 2002
    Book: World Class Parasites: Volume 2The Geohelminths: Ascaris, Trichuris and Hookworm
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Norwell)
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Journal Articles

  • A male-specific (cysteine-rich) protein of Oesophagostomum dentatum with structural characteristics of a serine protease inhibitor containing two trypsin inhibitor-like domains
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 125
    Page numbers: 445-455
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  • HcSTK, a Caenorhabditis elegans PAR-1 homologue from the parasitic nematode, Haemonchus contortus
    Year: 2002
    Journal: International Journal for Parasitology
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 749-758
    Publisher: Pergamon-Elsevier Science(Oxford)
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  • Long PCR-based amplification of the entire mitochondrial genome from single parasitic nematodes
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 16(4)
    Page numbers: 261-267
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Mutation scanning analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 reveals limited gene flow among bovine lungworm subpopulations in Sweden
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 3357-3363
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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  • Redescription of Zoniolaimus mawsonae Beveridge, 1983 (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) and the description of Z. latebrosus n. sp. from the red kangaroo Macropus rufus (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) based on morphological and molecular data
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Systematic Parasitology
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 135-147
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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  • Review of Papillostrongylus Johnston & Mawson, 1939 (Nematoda: Strongyloidea) from wallabies and kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodidae) using morphological and molecular techniques, with the description of P. barbatus n. sp.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Systematic Parasitology
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 81-93
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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  • SSCP-based identification of members within the Pseudoterranova decipiens complex (Nematoda : Ascaridoidea: Anisakidae) using genetic markers in the internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Parasitology
    Volume: 124
    Page numbers: 615-623
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  • Screening for haplotypic variability within Oesophagostomum bifurcum (Nematoda) employing a single-strand conformation polymorphism approach
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 16
    Page numbers: 183-188
    Publisher: Academic Press(London)
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  • Single-strand conformation polymorphism-based analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 reveals significant substructuring in hookwork populations
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 27-34
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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  • Single-strand conformation polymorphism-based analysis reveals genetic variation within Spirometra erinacei (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) from Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Molecular and Cellular Probes
    Volume: 16
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