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Phenotypic analysis of adults and eggs of Fasciola hepatica by computer image analysis system.
Journal of helminthology - 1 Sept 2005
Valero M A, Panova M, Mas-Coma S
Abstract excerpt
Knowledge of the morphological phenotypes of the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda: Digenea) is analysed. The influence of parasite age on its dimensions, the adult fluke growth model, variation in a biometric variable versus time, and variation in a biometric variable versus another biometric variable (allometric model) are revised. The most useful allometric model appears to be (y2 m-y2)/y2=c [(y1...
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