Article
Genetic and morphological variations in populations of Oncomelania spp in China.
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health - 1 Mar 1999
Zhou X N, Kristensen T K
Abstract excerpt
Oncomelania snails are the intermediate hoste of Schistosoma japonicum in Asian countries. In order to understand the genetic and morphological variation of Oncomelania snails in mainland China, field snails from 31 localities were collected and investigated by means of allele enzyme electrophoresis and numerical taxonomical technics. Results demonstrated that out of 17 loci examined, seven polymorphic loci were...
Topics
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- China
- Cluster Analysis
- Demography
- Ecology
- Electrophoresis, Starch Gel
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Heterozygote
- Phylogeny
- Polymorphism, Genetic