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Multiple near-identical genotypes of Schistosoma japonicum can occur in snails and have implications for population-genetic analyses.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Dec 2008
Yin Mingbo, Hu Wei, Mo Xiaojin, Wang Shengyue, Brindley Paul J, McManus Donald P, Davis George M, Feng Zheng, Blair David
Abstract excerpt
We genotyped (using 16 or 17 microsatellite loci) numerous adult Schistosoma japonicum raised in rabbits exposed to pooled cercariae from small numbers of naturally infected snails from several localities in China. As expected, duplicate multi-locus genotypes (MLGs) were found among these worms....
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