Article
Contrasting the distribution of phenotypic and molecular variation in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni.
Heredity - 1 May 2013
Tian-Bi Y-N T, Jarne P, Konan J-N K, Utzinger J, N'Goran E K
Abstract excerpt
Population differentiation was investigated by confronting phenotypic and molecular variation in the highly selfing freshwater snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi, the intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. We sampled seven natural populations separated by a few kilometers, and characterized by diffe...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Biomphalaria
- Body Size
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Ecosystem
- Female
- Fertility
- Fresh Water
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Mortality
- Multifactorial Inheritance
- Phenotype
- Schistosoma mansoni
- Selection, Genetic