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Genes on chromosomes 1 and 13 have significant effects on Ascaris infection.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 16 Apr 2002
Williams-Blangero Sarah, VandeBerg John L, Subedi Janardan, Aivaliotis Mary Jo, Rai Dev Raj, Upadhayay Ram Prasad, Jha Bharat, Blangero John
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Nematode parasites show a characteristic aggregated distribution among hosts. This observation has important implications for pathogenesis, immunology, and control of these infections, but the relative roles of environment and genetics in determining these patterns have remained uncertain. This paper presents the results of the first genome scan for susceptibility to infection with roundworm (Ascaris...
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