Molecular Analysis of Echinostome Metacercariae from Their Second Intermediate Host Found in a Localised Geographic Region Reveals Genetic Heterogeneity and Possible Cryptic Speciation

• Waraporn Noikong,

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Program of Applied Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, Phitsanulok Province, Phitsanulok, Thailand

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• Chalobol Wongsawad ,

  * E-mail: cwongsawad@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand, Applied Technology in Biodiversity Research Unit, Institute of Science and Technology, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Jong-Yil Chai,

  Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, and Institute of Endemic Diseases, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Korea

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• Supap Saenphet,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai Province, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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• Alan Trudgett

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Medical Biology Centre, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland

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