| geographical variation of the liver fluke, clonorchis sinensis, from korea and china based on the karyotypes, zymodeme and dna sequences. | genetic characterization was carried out in order to reveal the geographical variations of the oriental liver fluke, clonorchis sinensis (trematoda: opisthorchiidae), collected in korea and china. the chromosome number was 2n=56 in both korean (kimhae) and chinese (liaoning) flukes, and chromosomes were divided into two groups based on their sizes; consisting of 8 pairs of large and 20 pairs of small chromosomes. however, the karyotypes showed some differences between korean and chinese flukes. ... | 2001 | 12041573 |