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Introgressive hybridization of human and rodent schistosome parasites in western Kenya.
Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2008
Steinauer Michelle L, Hanelt Ben, Mwangi Ibrahim N, Maina Geoffrey M, Agola Lelo E, Kinuthia Joseph M, Mutuku Martin W, Mungai Ben N, Wilson Wade D, Mkoji Gerald M, Loker Eric S
Abstract excerpt
Hybridization and introgression can have important consequences for the evolution, ecology and epidemiology of pathogenic organisms. We examined the dynamics of hybridization between a trematode parasite of humans, Schistosoma mansoni, and its sister species, S. rodhaini, a rodent parasite, in a...
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