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Characterization of Dicrocoelium dendriticum haplotypes from sheep and cattle in Iran based on the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) and NADH dehydrogenase gene (nad1)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2013

S. Gorjipoor ,
M. Moazeni  and
H. Sharifiyazdi
S. Gorjipoor
Affiliation:
Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
M. Moazeni*
Affiliation:
Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
H. Sharifiyazdi
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
*
*Fax: +98 711 2286940 E-mail: moazeni@shirazu.ac.ir
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Abstract

The present study assessed whether the genetic variation among different hosts (sheep and cattle) and geographical isolates (n= 28) of Dicrocoelium dendriticum from Iran is present based on mitochondrial (nad1) and ribosomal (ITS-2) DNA markers. Molecular analysis revealed the presence of at least ten and two distinct haplotypes in the NADH dehydrogenase gene (nad1) and internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2), respectively. The nad1 and ITS-2 sequence data were deposited in GenBank under accession numbers, JX050110–134 and JQ966972–3. According to the results of our study, ND-D and ITS-A are established as being the predominant haplotypes of D. dendriticum in Iran. The Iranian isolates showed a higher intraspecific genetic diversity of 0–0.97% for nad1, compared to 0–0.42% for ITS-2. The alignment and comparison of nad1 and ITS-2 sequences revealed eight and one polymorphic sites, respectively. In the nad1 sequences, six were silent and two nucleotide substitutions were responsible for amino acid alterations. A phylogenetic analysis of the sequence data revealed that host associations and geographic location are not likely useful markers for D. dendriticum haplotype classification. Consequently, sequencing results obtained from the nad1 gene as a mitochondrial marker for the first time in this study would provide a valuable tool to analyse further molecular details of D. dendriticum worldwide.

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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 89 , Issue 2 , March 2015 , pp. 158 - 164
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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