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Ascaris: development of selected genotypes in mice.
Experimental parasitology - 1 May 2012
Peng Weidong, Yuan Keng, Peng Guohua, Qiu Lin, Dai Zhifang, Yuan Fang, Hu Yinying, Hu Ningyan
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Using nucleotide variation in the first internal transcribed spacer of nuclear ribosomal DNA, five different genotypes (designated G1-G5) have been identified and the preponderance of genotype G1 in humans and of genotype G3 in pigs led to the proposal that parasites bearing the two genotypes have an affinity for a particular host species. A subsequent study using eggs of genotype G1 from humans and G3 from pigs...
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