Interplay between host genetic variation and parasite transmission in the Biomphalaria glabrata-Schistosoma mansoni system.

doi:10.1007/s00436-007-0593-9

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Interplay between host genetic variation and parasite transmission in the Biomphalaria glabrata-Schistosoma mansoni system.

Parasitology research - 1 Sept 2007

Sandland Gregory J, Foster Alice V, Zavodna Monika, Minchella Dennis J

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Genetic variability is often predicted to enhance host fitness in the face of parasitism, yet this idea is rarely tested in an experimental setting, particularly with animal hosts. To assess this question, we used a relatively resistant line of snail hosts (Biomphalaria glabrata) to generate inbred and outcrossed progeny that were then either exposed or sham-exposed to the trematode parasite, Schistosoma mansoni....

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Animals
Animals, Inbred Strains
Animals, Outbred Strains
Biomphalaria
Genetic Variation
Host-Parasite Interactions
Life Cycle Stages
Schistosoma mansoni

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PMID: 17564726
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0593-9

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