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Phylogeography of Biomphalaria glabrata and B. pfeifferi, important intermediate hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in the New and Old World tropics.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2003
Dejong R J, Morgan J A T, Wilson W D, Al-Jaser M H, Appleton C C, Coulibaly G, D'Andrea P S, Doenhoff M J, Haas W, Idris M A, Magalhães L A, Moné H, Mouahid G, Mubila L, Pointier J-P, Webster J P, Zanotti-Magalhães E M, Paraense W L, Mkoji G M, Loker E S
Abstract excerpt
The historical phylogeography of the two most important intermediate host species of the human blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni, B. glabrata in the New World, and B. pfeifferi in the Old World, was investigated using partial 16S and ND1 sequences from the mitochondrial genome. Nuclear sequences of...
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