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Host-parasite population genetics: a cross-sectional comparison of Bulinus globosus and Schistosoma haematobium.
Parasitology - 1 Sept 1999
Davies C M, Webster J P, Krüger O, Munatsi A, Ndamba J, Woolhouse M E
Abstract excerpt
The genetic population structures of the freshwater snail Bulinus globosus and its trematode parasite Schistosoma haematobium from 8 river sites in the Zimbabwean highveld were compared using randomly amplified DNA (RAPD) markers. There was significant variability between snail populations collected at different sites, but schistosome populations only showed differentiation at a wider geographical scale (between...
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