Publication: Genetic differences among Haplorchis taichui populations in Indochina revealed by mitochondrial COX1 sequences
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2017-09-01
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14752697
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0022149X
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Mahidol University
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Journal of Helminthology. Vol.91, No.5 (2017), 597-604
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U. Thaenkham, O. Phuphisut, S. Nuamtanong, T. Yoonuan, S. Sa-Nguankiat, Y. Vonghachack, V. Y. Belizario, D. T. Dung, P. Dekumyoy, J. Waikagul Genetic differences among Haplorchis taichui populations in Indochina revealed by mitochondrial COX1 sequences. Journal of Helminthology. Vol.91, No.5 (2017), 597-604. doi:10.1017/S0022149X1600050X Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/41391
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Genetic differences among Haplorchis taichui populations in Indochina revealed by mitochondrial COX1 sequences
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016. Haplorchis taichui is an intestinal heterophyid fluke that is pathogenic to humans. It is widely distributed in Asia, with a particularly high prevalence in Indochina. Previous work revealed that the lack of gene flow between three distinct populations of Vietnamese H. taichui can be attributed to their geographic isolation with no interconnected river basins. To test the hypothesis that interconnected river basins allow gene flow between otherwise isolated populations of H. taichui, as previously demonstrated for another trematode, Opisthorchis viverrini, we compared the genetic structures of seven populations of H. taichui from various localities in the lower Mekong Basin, in Thailand and Laos, with those in Vietnam, using the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 (COX1) gene. To determine the gene flow between these H. taichui populations, we calculated their phylogenetic relationships, genetic distances and haplotype diversity. Each population showed very low nucleotide diversity at this locus. However, high levels of genetic differentiation between the populations indicated very little gene flow. A phylogenetic analysis divided the populations into four clusters that correlated with the country of origin. The negligible gene flow between the Thai and Laos populations, despite sharing the Mekong Basin, caused us to reject our hypothesis. Our data suggest that the distribution of H. taichui populations was incidentally associated with national borders.