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Significant variance in genetic diversity among populations of Schistosoma haematobium detected using microsatellite DNA loci from a genome-wide database.
Parasites & vectors - 17 Oct 2013
Glenn Travis C, Lance Stacey L, McKee Anna M, Webster Bonnie L, Emery Aidan M, Zerlotini Adhemar, Oliveira Guilherme, Rollinson David, Faircloth Brant C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Urogenital schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma haematobium is widely distributed across Africa and is increasingly being targeted for control. Genome sequences and population genetic parameters can give insight into the potential for population- or species-level drug resistance. Microsatellite DNA loci are genetic markers in wide use by Schistosoma researchers, but there are few primers available...
Topics
- Africa
- Animals
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Helminth
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Genotyping Techniques
- Humans
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Schistosoma haematobium