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Sex-specific correlation between heterozygosity and clone size in the trematode Schistosoma mansoni.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2004
Prugnolle Franck, Choisy Marc, Théron André, Durand Patrick, De Meeûs Thierry
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The mode of reproduction (sexual and/or asexual) and the mating system determine the patterns of gene transmission and genotype formation across generations. Schistosoma mansoni is a dioecious trematode that necessarily alternates sexual and asexual reproduction during its life cycle. In a previous study of the distribution of S. mansoni genetic variability within and between definitive host individuals, we...
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