Development of 14 Microsatellite Markers for Zoonotic Tapeworm Dibothriocephalus dendriticus (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea): Diphyllobothriidea)

Eva Bazsalovicsová, Gabriel Minárik, Katarína Šoltys, Alžbeta Radačovská, Jesper A. Kuhn, Egil Karlsbakk, Karl Skirnisson, Ivica Králová-Hromadová

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Abstract

Dibothriocephalus dendriticus is one of the causative agents of the fish-borne zoonosis diphyllobothriosis. Polymorphic microsatellite markers were originally developed for future genetic studies using microsatellite library screening and next-generation sequencing (NGS). Out of 128 microsatellite candidates selected after NGS analysis, 126 yielded PCR products of the expected size. A declared repetitive motif was confirmed in 92 loci by Sanger sequencing. The level of polymorphism was tested by fragment analysis. Statistical tests for observed and expected heterozygosities and deviations from Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium revealed 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci suitable for studies on the finer genetic structure of global populations of D. dendriticus.
Original languageEnglish
Article number782
Pages (from-to)1-8
Number of pages782
JournalGenes
Volume11
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Jul 2020

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Funding Information:
Funding: The work was financially supported by the Slovak Research and Development Agency under contract APVV-15-0004 and Slovak Grant Agency VEGA no. 2/0134/17.

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Other keywords

  • Diphyllobothriosis
  • Fish-borne zoonosis
  • Microsatellite library screening
  • Polymorphic loci
  • Short tandem repeats
  • Bandormar
  • DNA-rannsóknir

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